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{{other ships|INS Ranjit}} | {{other ships|INS Ranjit}} | ||
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|Ship name= ''Ranjit'' | |Ship name= ''Ranjit'' | ||
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'''INS ''Ranjit''''' is the third of the five {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer}} built for the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Ranjit'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 15 September 1983 and remained in service till 6 May 2019, when it was decommissioned.<ref name="ranjit-deco">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571660&RegID=3&LID=1|title=INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era | '''INS ''Ranjit''''' is the third of the five {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer}} built for the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Ranjit'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 15 September 1983 and remained in service till 6 May 2019, when it was decommissioned.<ref name="ranjit-deco">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571660&RegID=3&LID=1|title=INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era | ||
|publisher=PIB|access-date=6 May | |publisher=PIB|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Construction and service == | == Construction and service == | ||
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She was commissioned on 15 September 1983 in the erstwhile USSR with then Captain Vishnu Bhagwat in command. She completed post commissioning trials and set sail from Poti in USSR on 14 November 1983 and entered Mumbai on 22 Dec 1983. She visited ports in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Egypt during her maiden voyage to India. She joined the Western Fleet and operated under the Flag of FOCWF till April 1999. In May 1999, she changed her home port to Vishakhapatnam to become a part of the Eastern Fleet.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lt Cdr Phani|first=Venkata|title=JEET JEET RANJIT - The beginning of the end of an Era|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/desa/sites/default/files/repository-document/Quarterdeck%202019.pdf|journal=Quarterdeck 2019|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India|volume=2019|pages=50–53}}</ref> | She was commissioned on 15 September 1983 in the erstwhile USSR with then Captain Vishnu Bhagwat in command. She completed post commissioning trials and set sail from Poti in USSR on 14 November 1983 and entered Mumbai on 22 Dec 1983. She visited ports in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Egypt during her maiden voyage to India. She joined the Western Fleet and operated under the Flag of FOCWF till April 1999. In May 1999, she changed her home port to Vishakhapatnam to become a part of the Eastern Fleet.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lt Cdr Phani|first=Venkata|title=JEET JEET RANJIT - The beginning of the end of an Era|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/desa/sites/default/files/repository-document/Quarterdeck%202019.pdf|journal=Quarterdeck 2019|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India|volume=2019|pages=50–53}}</ref> | ||
INS Ranjit was decommissioned at the naval dockyard in [[Visakhapatnam]] on 6 May 2019 after serving for 36 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=INS Ranjit Decommissioned |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/indian-navys-frontline-missile-destroyer-ins-ranjit-to-be-decommissioned-on-may-6-2200884.html |website=ZEE News |publisher=ZEE News |access-date=6 May | INS Ranjit was decommissioned at the naval dockyard in [[Visakhapatnam]] on 6 May 2019 after serving for 36 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=INS Ranjit Decommissioned |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/indian-navys-frontline-missile-destroyer-ins-ranjit-to-be-decommissioned-on-may-6-2200884.html |website=ZEE News |publisher=ZEE News |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> Her last commanding officer was Captain Vikram C Mehra.<ref name="ranjit-deco" /> | ||
During TROPEX-21 exercise of the [[Indian Navy]], the decommissioned ''Ranjit'' was sunk by a torpedo.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|publisher=Republic TV|date=10 February 2021|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/theatre-level-operational-readiness-exercise-tropex-21-indian-navy%E2%80%99s-largest-war-game|title=Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> | During TROPEX-21 exercise of the [[Indian Navy]], the decommissioned ''Ranjit'' was sunk by a torpedo.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|publisher=Republic TV|date=10 February 2021|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/theatre-level-operational-readiness-exercise-tropex-21-indian-navy%E2%80%99s-largest-war-game|title=Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> | ||