Indian Navy receives first destroyer of Project 15B

The Indian Navy has received the first of 4 concealing guided-missile destroyers being designed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders restricted (MDL) as a part of Project 15B. The ship, Y 12704 (Visakhapatnam), is probably going to be commissioned in November at an incident presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The ship was made exploitation indigenous Steel DMR 249A and is amongst the most important destroyers in-built the country, with an overall length of 164 meters and a displacement of over 7,500 tons. Armed with supersonic surface-to-surface ‘Brahmos’ missiles and ‘Barak-8’ long-range surface to air missiles, it's capable of enterprise a range of tasks and missions, spanning the complete spectrum of maritime warfare. The destroyer is additionally fitted with indigenously developed anti-submarine weapons and sensors, conspicuously the hull-mounted navigational instrument Humsa NG, heavyweight tubing launchers and rocket launchers.

Significantly a lot of versatile than the previous destroyer and frigates in armed service inventory, Vishakapatnam’s comprehensive capability against enemy submarines, surface warships, anti-ship missiles and aeroplane can modify it to work while not a bevy of supporting vessels, and additionally perform because the flagship of a armed service task force. The ship can accommodate a crew of 312 persons, has an endurance of four hundred transport Miles and might do a typical forty two days mission with extended mission time.

The ship has 2 helicopters aboard to any extend its reach. it's propelled by a robust Combined Gas and Gas Propulsion plant, consisting of 4 reversible gas turbines, that permits her to attain a speed of over thirty knots (approx fifty five Kmph).