INS Visakhapatnam

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 February 2017
General characteristics
Class and 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)
Crew:	300 (50 officers and 250 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<
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
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 × 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
Aircraft carried:	2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck Dual Enclosed hangar for a combination of 2 Westland Sea King, Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopters

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.

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.

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