INS Visakhapatnam (D66)
![]() Visakhapatnam (D66) during her sea trials
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Name | INS Visakhapatnam |
Namesake | Visakhapatnam |
Owner | Indian Navy |
Operator | Indian Navy |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited |
Cost | Around ₹9,000 crore ($1.2 Billion) |
Yard number | 12704 |
Way number | D66 |
Laid down | 12 October 2013 |
Launched | 20 April 2015 |
Acquired | 28 October 2021 |
Commissioned | 21 November 2021[1] |
Identification | Pennant number: D66 |
Motto | यशो लभस्व - Attain Glory |
Nickname(s) | The Brave Buck |
Status | In Service [2] |
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Typ | Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)[4] |
Length | 163 m (535 ft) |
Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft) |
Draft | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
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Speed | In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[3] |
Endurance | 45 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 x RHIB |
Crew | 300 (50 officers + 250 sailors) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B |
Aviation facilities | Enclosed helicopter hangar and flight deck capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters. |
Notes | Modified derivative of the Kolkata-class destroyer.[6] |
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.[7]
Bauwesen
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.[8][9][10] This was made under Make In India initiative. The ship steering and stabiliser system was manufactured by Larsen & Toubro and hydraulics by Polyhydron Systems.[citation needed].
During Navy Day 2020, Chief of the Naval Staff announced that INS Visakhapatnam has started its sea trials.[11]
Commissioning
Visakhapatnam was delivered to the Indian Navy on 28 October 2021[2] and commissioned on 21 November 2021 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh[1] at the Indian Navy's Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai.[7]
Service history
On 11 January 2022, Visakhapatnam successfully fired an advanced variant of Brahmos missile in sea-to-sea mode validating its extended range and improvements.[12]
2023-24 Anti-piracy patrols
Against the backdrop of the increasing attacks on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea by the end of ther 2023 , the Indian Navy on December 31 2023 said it had substantially enhanced maritime surveillance efforts in Central and North Arabian Sea and “augmented force levels” by primerly deploying the P-8I Neptune MPA and the SeaGuardian drones .[13] Following two merchant vessels, including MV Ruen and MV Chem Pluto which were targeted in the sea. MV Ruen was hijacked and currently, she is docked off the Somalia coast with the INS Kochi trailing her while MV Chem Pluto sustained drone hits eventually and making way to port , The Indian Navy deployed a large flotilla of destroyers to safeguard international security . The deployment into the Arabian Sea includes Navy’s missile destroyers, including INS Kolkata, INS Kochi, INS Mormugao, INS Chennai and INS Visakhapatnam,[14] virtually all of its modern destroyer force of its western fleet.The INS Kolkata is deployed on the mouth of the Red Sea, INS Kochi on the south of Yemen's Socotra Island, INS Mormugao in the west Arabian Sea with INS Chennai in the central Arabian Sea.
INS Visakhapatnam was also moved in a week later and was tasked to patrol the north Arabian Sea.[15] On the 18th of January, the ship rescued an American ship from Arab terrorists. [16]
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ a b "Navy inducts INS Visakhapatnam, India's first stealth guided-missile destroyer All you need to know". India Today. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer". Livefist. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ Shukla, Ajay (21 April 2015). "INS Visakhapatnam shows growing Indian ability to build warships economically". Business Standard. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
- ^ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers".
- ^ a b "INS Visakhapatnam: Navy to commission missile destroyer ship today. 5 points". Mint. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships". The Times of India. Mumbai. 25 October 2013.
- ^ "Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014.
- ^ "First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched". 21 April 2015.
- ^ Sayan Chatterjee (4 December 2020). "Navy Day, 2020: Year-End wrap-up on our sentinels of the sea". The Statesman.
- ^ Kulkarni, Sushant (11 January 2022). "Naval variant of BrahMos supersonic missile test-fired from INS Visakhapatnam". Indian Express.
- ^ Peri, Dinakar (31 December 2023). "Attacks on ships: Indian Navy enhances surveillance in Arabian Sea". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Indian Navy deploys warships and surveillance aircraft to enhance maritime security - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Indian Navy deploys warships and surveillance aircraft to enhance maritime security - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-navy-warship-helps-ship-under-drone-attack-in-gulf-of-aden-4885061