INS Visakhapatnam
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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 2024 |
General characteristics | |
Class & 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: |
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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: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv |
Aviation facilities: |
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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
- INS Kolkata - the lead ship of the P-15A Kolkata class.
References
- ↑ Vishakapatnam class
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