INS Visakhapatnam

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 was launched on 20 April 2015. The ship is expected to be commissioned by 2021.[2]

History
India
Name: INS Visakhapatnam
Namesake: Visakhapatnam
Operator: Indian Navy
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Way number: D66
Laid down: 20 June 2015
Launched: 28 December 2016
Commissioned: Est. 2022
Identification: Pennant number: D66
Status: Under construction as of August 2020
General characteristics
Class and type: Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 8,300 t (8,200 long tons; 9,100 short tons) full load
Length: 171 m (561 ft)
Beam: 18.2 m (60 ft)
Draft: 7.3 m (24 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, 10,700 hp (8,000 kW) each
  • 4 × 9 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 9 MV AC generators
Speed: In excess of 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Crew: 600 (100 officers and 500 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<
Armament:
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32
  • Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi)
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × BAE 5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun[1]
  • 4 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities:

Construction
INS Visakhapatnam while launch

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]

On 21 June 2019, a fire that started in the air conditioning room of INS Visakhapatanam resulted in the death of one contract worker. The damage from the fire was reported to be limited.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Trump Administration approves sale of $1 billion worth of naval guns to India". LiveMint. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. "INS Visakhapatnam, India's Most Powerful, Lethal Destroyer Launched in Mazgaon Dock". NDTV. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. "Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships". The Times of India. Mumbai. 25 October 2013.
  4. "Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014.
  5. "First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched". 21 April 2015.
  6. Gupta, Saurabh (21 June 2019). "1 Dead In Fire At Under-Construction Navy Warship In Mumbai". NDTV.


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