Visakhapatnam (D66) during her sea trials
History
India
NameINS Visakhapatnam
NamesakeVisakhapatnam
OwnerIndian Navy
OperatorIndian Navy
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
CostAround ₹9,000 crore ($1.2 Billion)
Yard number12704
Way numberD66
Laid down12 October 2013
Launched20 April 2015
Acquired28 October 2021
Commissioned21 November 2021[1]
IdentificationPennant number: D66
Mottoयशो लभस्व - Attain Glory
Nickname(s)The Brave Buck
StatusIn Service [2]
Badge
General characteristics
TypeGuided missile destroyer
Displacement7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)[3]
Length163 m (535 ft)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[5]
Endurance45 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		4 x RHIB
Crew300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B
Aviation facilitiesEnclosed helicopter hangar and flight deck capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters.
NotesModified 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]

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.[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..

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 "Indian Navy Receives 1st Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer". Livefist. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  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.
  4. ↑ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited".
  5. ↑ Shukla, Ajay (21 April 2015). "INS Visakhapatnam shows growing Indian ability to build warships economically". Business Standard. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers".
  7. 1 2 "INS Visakhapatnam: Navy to commission missile destroyer ship today. 5 points". Mint. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships". The Times of India. Mumbai. 25 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched". 21 April 2015.
  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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