INS Eilat (501)

INS Eilat (501) is a Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli Navy that was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 1993. She is one of three Sa'ar 5-class corvettes in service with the Israeli Navy and her homeport is Haifa, Israel.[2] The contract for the construction of the three ships of the class was signed in the early 1980s. Eilat was the first of the three ships to be launched and commissioned, being the first in her class.

For other ships with the same name, see INS Eilat.

INS Eilat
History
Israel
Name:	Eilat
Builder:	Northrop Grumman by Ingalls Shipbuilding
Launched:	February 1993
Commissioned:	21 May 1994[1]
Status:	Active
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sa'ar 5-class corvette
Displacement:	1,227 tonnes (full load) 1,075 tonnes (standard)
Length:	85.64 m (280.97 ft)
Beam:	11.88 m (38.98 ft)
Draft:	3.17 m (10.40 ft)
Propulsion:	Combined Diesel or Gas 2 MTU V12 1163 TB82 diesel engines General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h) (diesel engines) 33 knots (61 km/h) (gas turbine)
Range:	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km)
Complement:	64 officers and crewmen 10 aircrew
Sensors and processing systems:	Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar EDO Type 796 sonar Rafael towed sonar array
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie decoy Elbit chaff rocket launchers Rafael RF corner reflector Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR
Armament:	8 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 64 Barak 1 surface-to-air missiles 2 Mark 32 SVTTs (6 tubes)
Aircraft carried:	Eurocopter Panther
Aviation facilities:	Helipad and helicopter hangar

References

1. "INS Eilat". Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. Archived from the original on March 23, 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
2. Toppan, Andrew. "World Navies today: Israel". World Navies today. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

External links

• Eilat Class Sa'ar 5 Multi-Mission Corvettes, Israel