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	{{short description\|Lead ship of the Visakhapatnam-class of stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy}}		{{short description\|Lead ship of the Visakhapatnam-class of stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy}}
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	==Construction==		==Construction==

	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]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships\|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2013%2F10%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=28&EntityId=Ar02806&AppName=2\|work=The Times of India\|date=25 October 2013\|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf\|title=Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183511/http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf\|archive-date=2 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/april-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/2639-first-indian-navy-project-15b-visakhapatnam-class-destroyer-launched.html \|title=First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched \|date=21 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> This was made under [[Make in India\|Make In India]] initiative. The ship steering and stabiliser system was manufactured by [[Larsen & Toubro]] and hydraulics by [[Polyhydron Systems]].{{cn\|date= January 2022}}.		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]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships\|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2013%2F10%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=28&EntityId=Ar02806&AppName=2\|work=The Times of India\|date=25 October 2013\|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf\|title=Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183511/http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf\|archive-date=2 February 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/april-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/2639-first-indian-navy-project-15b-visakhapatnam-class-destroyer-launched.html \|title=First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched \|date=21 April 2015}}</ref> This was made under [[Make in India\|Make In India]] initiative. The ship steering and stabiliser system was manufactured by [[Larsen & Toubro]] and hydraulics by [[Polyhydron Systems]].{{cn\|date= January 2022}}.

	On 21 June 2019, a fire that started in the air conditioning room of ''INS Visakhapatnam'' resulted in the death of one contract worker. The damage from the fire was reported to be limited.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Gupta\|first=Saurabh\|title=1 Dead In Fire At Under-Construction Navy Warship In Mumbai\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/major-fire-at-under-construction-navy-warship-in-mumbai-1-feared-trapped-2057268\|date=21 June 2019\|publisher=NDTV}}</ref>		On 21 June 2019, a fire that started in the air conditioning room of ''INS Visakhapatnam'' resulted in the death of one contract worker. The damage from the fire was reported to be limited.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Gupta\|first=Saurabh\|title=1 Dead In Fire At Under-Construction Navy Warship In Mumbai\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/major-fire-at-under-construction-navy-warship-in-mumbai-1-feared-trapped-2057268\|date=21 June 2019\|publisher=NDTV}}</ref>

	During Navy Day 2020, [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Chief of the Naval Staff]] announced that INS Visakhapatnam has started its [[sea trial]]s.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/navy-day-2020-year-end-wrap-up-on-our-sentinels-of-the-sea-1502939147.html\|title=Navy Day, 2020: Year-End wrap-up on our sentinels of the sea\|publisher=The Statesman\|author=Sayan Chatterjee\|date=4 December ~~2022~~}}</ref>		During Navy Day 2020, [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)\|Chief of the Naval Staff]] announced that INS Visakhapatnam has started its [[sea trial]]s.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/navy-day-2020-year-end-wrap-up-on-our-sentinels-of-the-sea-1502939147.html\|title=Navy Day, 2020: Year-End wrap-up on our sentinels of the sea\|publisher=The Statesman\|author=Sayan Chatterjee\|date=4 December 2020}}</ref>

	===Commissioning===		===Commissioning===

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{{short description|Lead ship of the Visakhapatnam-class of stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = Visakhapatnam (D66) - P15B destroyer of Indian Navy.jpg
| Ship caption = Visakhapatnam (D66) during her sea trials
}}
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| Ship country = [[India]]
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| Ship name = INS ''Visakhapatnam''
| Ship namesake = [[Visakhapatnam]]
| Ship owner = [[Indian Navy]]
| Ship operator = [[Indian Navy]]
| Ship registry =
| Ship route =
| Ship ordered =
| Ship awarded =
| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
| Ship original cost = Around [[₹]]9,000 [[crore]]
($1.2 Billion)
| Ship yard number = 12704
| Ship way number = D66
| Ship laid down = 12 October 2013
| Ship launched = 20 April 2015
| Ship sponsor =
| Ship completed =
| Ship acquired = 28 October 2021
| Ship commissioned = 21 November 2021<ref name="indiatoday.in">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/visakhapatnam-stealth-guided-missile-destroyer-inducted-commissioned-indian-navy-1879122-2021-11-21|title=Navy inducts INS Visakhapatnam, India's first stealth guided-missile destroyer All you need to know| website =India Today|date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Ship recommissioned =
| Ship decommissioned =
| Ship maiden voyage =
| Ship in service =
| Ship out of service =
| Ship renamed =
| Ship reclassified =
| Ship refit =
| Ship struck =
| Ship reinstated =
| Ship homeport =
| Ship identification = [[Pennant number]]: D66
| Ship motto = यशो लभस्व - Attain Glory
| Ship nickname = The Brave Buck
| Ship honours =
| Ship honors =
| Ship captured =
| Ship fate =
| Ship status = In Service <ref name="Livefist">{{cite news|title=Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer|url=https://www.livefistdefence.com/indian-navy-receives-1st-visakhapatnam-class-destroyer/|access-date=18 November 2016|work=Livefist|date=30 October 2021}}</ref>
| Ship notes =
| Ship badge =[[File:INS Visakhapatnam badge.jpg|125px]]
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Ship type= [[Guided missile destroyer]]
| Ship displacement = {{convert|7400|t|abbr=on}}<ref name="Indian Navy Visakhapatnam">{{cite web|title=INS Visakhapatnam', First Ship of Project 15B launched|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/news-events/ins-visakhapatnam-first-ship-project-15b-launched|website=indiannavy.nic.in|publisher=Indian Navy (News)|access-date=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034817/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/news-events/ins-visakhapatnam-first-ship-project-15b-launched|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|163|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|17.4|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|6.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *[[Combined gas and gas|COGAG]]<ref name="naval-technology.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/project-15b-guided-missile-destroyers/|title = Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited}}</ref>
*2 x [[Zorya-Mashproekt|Zorya M36E]] [[gas turbine]]s, with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 [[Transmission (mechanics)|gearboxes]]
*2 × Bergen/[[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers|GRSE]] KVM-diesel engines, {{convert|9900|hp|kW|abbr=on}} each
*4 × 1 MWe [[Wärtsilä]] WCM-1000 generator sets driving [[Cummins]] KTA50G3 engines and [[Kirloskar Group|Kirloskar]] 1 MV AC generators
| Ship sail plan =
| Ship speed = In excess of {{convert|30|kn|km/h|0}}
| Ship range = {{convert|4000|nmi}} at {{convert|18|kn}}
| Ship endurance = 45 days
| Ship test depth =
| Ship boats = 4 x [[Rigid inflatable boat|RHIB]]
| Ship capacity =
| Ship troops =
| Ship complement =
| Ship crew = 300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
| Ship time to activate =
| Ship sensors =*'''Radar :-'''
*[[Israeli Aircraft Industries|IAI]] [[EL/M-2248 MF-STAR]] [[S band|S-Band]] [[Active Electronically Scanned Array|AESA]] [[radar]]
*[[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] RAWL-02/LW-08 [[L band|L-Band]] [[Secondary surveillance radar|air-search radar]]
*[[Terma A/S|Terma]]/[[Tata Advanced Systems|Tata]] Scanter-6002 [[X band|X-Band]] [[Surface-search radar|surface-search radar]]
*'''Sonar :-'''
*[[Bharat Electronics|BEL]] HUMSA-NG active/passive [[sonar]]
*[[Bharat Electronics|BEL]] "Nagin" [[Towed array sonar|active towed-array sonar]]
*'''Combat Suite :-'''
*"Combat Management System" (CMS)
| Ship EW =*[[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] "Shakti" [[Electronic warfare|EW suite]] (equipped with [[Electronic warfare support measures|ESM]]/[[Electronic countermeasure|ECM]] and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS))
*[[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]] "Nayan" [[Signals intelligence|COMINT]] suite
*'''Decoys :-'''
*4 x [[Kavach (anti-missile system)|Kavach]] decoy launchers
*2 x [[Maareech ATDS|Maareech]] [[Torpedo defence|torpedo-countermeasure]] systems
| Ship armament = *'''Anti-air warfare :-'''
*4 × 8-cell [[Vertical launching system|VLS]], for a total of 32 [[Barak 8]] [[surface-to-air missile]]s
*'''Anti-surface warfare :-'''
*2 x 8-cell VLS, for 16 [[BrahMos]] [[anti-ship missile]]s
*'''Anti-submarine warfare :-'''
*4 × {{cvt|533|mm|in|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 × [[RBU-6000]] [[Anti-submarine weapon|anti-submarine rocket launchers]]
*'''Guns :-'''
*1 × [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] [[Naval artillery|naval gun]]
*4 x [[AK-630|AK-630M]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]]
*2 x [[Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli|OFT]] 12.7 mm M2 [[Remote controlled weapon station|Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun]]
| Ship armour =
| Ship armor =
| Ship aircraft = 2 × [[HAL Dhruv]] (or) [[Westland Sea King|Sea King Mk. 42B]]
| Ship aircraft facilities =*Enclosed helicopter [[hangar]] and [[Flight deck|flight deck]] capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters.
| Ship notes = *Modified derivative of the [[Kolkata-class destroyer|''Kolkata''-class destroyer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/project-15b-guided-missile-destroyers/|title = Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers}}</ref>
}}
|}

'''INS ''Visakhapatnam''''' is the lead ship and the first of the {{sclass|Visakhapatnam|destroyer|0}} [[stealth ship|stealth]] [[guided-missile destroyer]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. The ship, commissioned on 21 November 2021, is one of the largest destroyers in service with the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name="livemint.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ins-visakhapatnam-navy-to-commission-missile-destroyer-ship-today-5-points-11637464117557.html|title=INS Visakhapatnam: Navy to commission missile destroyer ship today. 5 points
|website =Mint| date=21 November 2021| access-date=21 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Construction==

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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2013%2F10%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=28&EntityId=Ar02806&AppName=2|work=The Times of India|date=25 October 2013|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|title=Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183511/http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/april-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/2639-first-indian-navy-project-15b-visakhapatnam-class-destroyer-launched.html |title=First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched |date=21 April 2022}}</ref> This was made under [[Make in India|Make In India]] initiative. The ship steering and stabiliser system was manufactured by [[Larsen & Toubro]] and hydraulics by [[Polyhydron Systems]].{{cn|date= January 2022}}.

On 21 June 2019, a fire that started in the air conditioning room of ''INS Visakhapatnam'' resulted in the death of one contract worker. The damage from the fire was reported to be limited.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gupta|first=Saurabh|title=1 Dead In Fire At Under-Construction Navy Warship In Mumbai|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/major-fire-at-under-construction-navy-warship-in-mumbai-1-feared-trapped-2057268|date=21 June 2019|publisher=NDTV}}</ref>

During Navy Day 2020, [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] announced that INS Visakhapatnam has started its [[sea trial]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/features/navy-day-2020-year-end-wrap-up-on-our-sentinels-of-the-sea-1502939147.html|title=Navy Day, 2020: Year-End wrap-up on our sentinels of the sea|publisher=The Statesman|author=Sayan Chatterjee|date=4 December 2022}}</ref>

===Commissioning===
''Visakhapatnam'' was delivered to the [[Indian Navy]] on 28 October 2021<ref name="Livefist">{{cite news|title=Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer|url=https://www.livefistdefence.com/indian-navy-receives-1st-visakhapatnam-class-destroyer/|access-date=18 November 2016|work=Livefist|date=30 October 2021}}</ref> and commissioned on 21 November 2021 by [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister]] [[Rajnath Singh]]<ref name="indiatoday.in">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/visakhapatnam-stealth-guided-missile-destroyer-inducted-commissioned-indian-navy-1879122-2021-11-21|title=Navy inducts INS Visakhapatnam, India's first stealth guided-missile destroyer All you need to know| website =India Today|date=21 November 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> at the Indian Navy's [[Western Naval Command]], headquartered in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="livemint.com"/>

==Service History==
On 11 January 2022, ''Visakhapatnam'' successfully fired an advanced variant of [[BrahMos|Brahmos missile]] in sea-to-sea mode validating its extended range and improvements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/sea-to-sea-variant-of-brahmos-cruise-missile-successfully-tested-from-newly-commissioned-ins-visakhapatnam-7717819/|title=Naval variant of BrahMos supersonic missile test-fired from INS Visakhapatnam|publisher=Indian Express|date=2022-01-11|last=Kulkarni|first=Sushant}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
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|File:Launching of INS Visakhapatnam - 4.JPG
|''Visakhapatnam'' during launch.
|File:INS Visakhapatnam (D66) during commissioning ceremony.jpg
|''Visakhapatnam'' during commissioning.
|File:Visakhapatnam (D66) - P15B destroyer of Indian Navy.jpg
|''Visakhapatnam'' during sea trials.
}}
== See also ==
* {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer|1}}
* {{sclass|Delhi|destroyer|1}}
* {{sclass|Kolkata|destroyer|1}}

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