INS Visakhapatnam (D66)

	Visakhapatnam (D66) during her sea trials
History
India
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
Identification:	Pennant number: D66
Motto:	यशो लभस्व - Attain Glory
Nickname(s):	The Brave Buck
Status:	In Service
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General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)
Length:	163 m (535 ft)
Beam:	17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft:	6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:	COGAG ; 2 x Zorya M36E gas turbines, 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 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance:	45 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried:	4 x RHIB
Crew:	300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Radar :-; IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar; BEL RAWL-02/LW-08 L-Band air-search radar; Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band surface-search radar; Sonar :-; BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar; BEL "Nagin" active towed-array sonar; Combat Suite :-; "Combat Management System" (CMS);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	DRDO "Shakti" EW suite (equipped with ESM/ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)); DRDO "Nayan" COMINT suite; Decoys :-; 4 x Kavach decoy launchers; 2 x Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems;
Armament:	Anti-air warfare :-; 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles; Anti-surface warfare :-; 2 x 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles ; Anti-submarine warfare :-; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes ; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers; Guns :-; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 4 x AK-630M CIWS; 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun;
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.

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INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship and the first of the -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.^[6]

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.^[7]^[8]^[9] 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]}.

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.^[10]

During Navy Day 2020, Chief of the Naval Staff announced that INS Visakhapatnam has started its sea trials.^[11]

Commissioning[edit]

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.^[6]

Service History[edit]

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]

Gallery[edit]

Visakhapatnam during launch.
Visakhapatnam during commissioning.
Visakhapatnam during sea trials.

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer". Livefist. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
↑ "INS Visakhapatnam', First Ship of Project 15B launched". indiannavy.nic.in. Indian Navy (News). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
↑ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited".
↑ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers".
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "INS Visakhapatnam: Navy to commission missile destroyer ship today. 5 points". Mint. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "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.
↑ Gupta, Saurabh (21 June 2019). "1 Dead In Fire At Under-Construction Navy Warship In Mumbai". NDTV.
↑ 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.

[indiatoday.in-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Livefist-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer". Livefist. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[Indian_Navy_Visakhapatnam-3] "INS Visakhapatnam', First Ship of Project 15B launched". indiannavy.nic.in. Indian Navy (News). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

[naval-technology.com-4] "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited".

[5] "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers".

[livemint.com-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "INS Visakhapatnam: Navy to commission missile destroyer ship today. 5 points". Mint. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships". The Times of India. Mumbai. 25 October 2013.

[8] "Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014.

[9] "First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched". 21 April 2015.

[10] Gupta, Saurabh (21 June 2019). "1 Dead In Fire At Under-Construction Navy Warship In Mumbai". NDTV.

[11] Sayan Chatterjee (4 December 2020). "Navy Day, 2020: Year-End wrap-up on our sentinels of the sea". The Statesman.

[12] Kulkarni, Sushant (11 January 2022). "Naval variant of BrahMos supersonic missile test-fired from INS Visakhapatnam". Indian Express.

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v t e Visakhapatnam-class destroyers
Visakhapatnam Mormugao Imphal Surat
Preceded by: Kolkata class Followed by: None
List of destroyers of the Indian Navy

Construction[edit]

Commissioning[edit]

Service History[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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