INS Visakhapatnam

Career (India)
Name: INS Visakhapatnam
Namesake: Visakhapatnam
Operator: Indian Navy
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Way number: D66
Laid down: 12 October 2013
Launched: 20 April 2015
Identification: Pennant number: D66
Status: Under construction as of April 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer
Displacement:7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons) full load
Length:163 m (535 ft)
Beam:17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft:6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:
  • Combined gas and gas system: Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes
  • 2 × Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
  • 4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators
Speed:In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)[1]
Crew:300 (50 officers and 250 sailors)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar
  • Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar
  • BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
  • BEL Nagin active towed array sonar<
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
Armament:Anti-air missiles:

4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 70 km (43 mi)
Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
Guns:
1 × 127 mm gun Oto Melara SRGM
4 × AK-630 CIWS

Anti-submarine warfare:
4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes

2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Armour:ins
Aircraft carried:2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities:

INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She is being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and has been launched on 20 April 2015. The ship is expected to get commissioned by 2018.[2]

Construction

The keel of Visakhapatnam was laid down on 12 October 2013 and she was launched on 20 April 2015 at Mazagon Dock Limited of Mumbai.[3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vishakapatnam class
  2. ↑ "INS Visakhapatnam, India's Most Powerful, Lethal Destroyer Launched in Mazgaon Dock". NDTV. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Russia to help India build 4 guided-missile destroyers". Indrus. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Project 15B". Global Security. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Sheshrao, Vishnudas (15 April 2015). "Indigenously built warship ready for launch". freepressjournal. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Navy's Next Destroyer Line Christened Visakhapatnam-class, 1st Launch Next Week". LiveFist defence. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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