INS Ranjit (D53)

For other ships of the same name, see INS Ranjit.
INS Ranjit (D53)
Career
Name: INS Ranjit
Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Commissioned: 24 November 1983
Homeport: Vishakapatnam
Identification: Pennant number: D53
Status: in active service, as of 2015
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:Rajput class destroyer
Displacement:3,950 tons standard,
4,974 tons full load
Length:147 m (482 ft)
Beam:15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught:5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp
Speed:35 knots (65 km/h)
Range:4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement:320 (Including 35 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Navigation: 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
  • Air: 1 x MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band or 1 x Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit),
  • Air/Surface: 1 x MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band, replaced by 1 x EL/M-2238 STAR[1]
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar
Armament:Anti-surface:

Air-defence:

  • 2 x S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers

Guns:

Anti-submarine:

  • 1 x 533 mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,
  • 2 x RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,
Aircraft carried:1 x HAL Chetak helicopter

INS Ranjit is the third of the five Rajput-class destroyers built for the Indian Navy. Ranjit was commissioned on 24 November 1983.

References

  1. ↑ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed. ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.

External links

INS Ranjit