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Guided missile destroyer INS Chennai (D65)

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Classification

Ship class:
Kolkata-class destroyer
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Chennai
Operator:
Indian NavyIndian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
7,500 t
Length:
163 m
Beam:
17.4 m
Draft:
6.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGOG
Propulsion:
  • 4 * Zorya-Mashproekt DT-59 reversible gas turbines producing 16.55MW each
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
300

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar
  • Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar
  • Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar
  • BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
  • BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system
  • BEL Ellora electronic support measures
  • 4 * Kavach decoy launchers
  • 2 * Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems
Armament:
  • 4 * 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles
  • 2 * 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles
  • 4 * 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 * RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • 1 * OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
  • 4 * AK-630 CIWS
Aircraft:
  • 2 * Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters

INS Chennai (D65) is the third and last ship of theKolkata-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at Mumbai. On 17 April 2017, INS Chennai was dedicated to the city of Chennai in presence of then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Palaniswamy.

INS Chennai has on her seal a Bull symbolising the Jallikattu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu from where the ship associates its heritage.

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