History
India
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 October 2015
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:
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, 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:
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:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite1
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
4 × 8-cell VLS , for a total of 32
Barak 8 missiles (Range : 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 70 km (43 mi)
Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
Guns:
1 × 127 mm gun Oto Melara SRGM
4 × AK-630 CIWS
Anti-submarine warfare:
4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes
2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Armour:
ins
Aircraft carried:
2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities:
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
INS Kolkata - the lead ship of the P-15A Kolkata class.
References [ edit ]