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Guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam (D66)

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Classification

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

Basic information

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:
7,400 t
Length:
163 m
Beam:
17.4 m
Draft:
6.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * Zorya M36E gas turbines, 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:
33.5 knots
Range:
4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
300

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:
  • 4 * RHIB
Electronics:
  • IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar
  • BEL RAWL-02/LW-08 L-Band air-search radar
  • Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band surface-search radar
  • BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar
  • BEL Nagin active towed-array sonar
  • Combat Management System (CMS)
  • DRDO Shakti EW suite (equipped with ESM/ECM and «Radar Finger Printing System» (RFPS))
  • DRDO Nayan COMINT suite
  • 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-630M CIWS
  • 2 * OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun
Aircraft:
  • 2 * HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B

INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship and the first of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. The ship, commissioned on 21 November 2021, is one of the largest destroyers in service with the Indian Navy.

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