INS Rajput (D51)

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INS Rajput
History
India
NameRajput
NamesakeRajput
Builder
61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Laid down11 September 1976
Launched17 September 1977
Commissioned4 May 1980
Decommissioned21 May 2021
Homeport
  • Mumbai (till June 1988)
  • Visakhaptnam (from June 1988 till decommissioning)
IdentificationPennant number: D51
MottoRaaj Karega Rajput (lit. The Rajput Will Rule)
StatusDecommissioned
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeRajput-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard,
  • 4,974 tons full load
Length142 m (465 ft 11 in)
Beam15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 
kW
)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range
  • 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation: 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I band frequency,
  • Air: 1 x MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C band,
  • Air/Surface: 1 x MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E band, replaced by 1 x EL/M-2238 STAR[1]
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar
Armament
  • Anti-surface:
  • 8 × BrahMos supersonic missiles
  • 1 ×
    Dhanush ballistic missile
    (added to INS Rajput)
  • "Anti-ship:"
  • 2 x P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Styx): till 2003
  • Air-defence:
  • 2 ×
    SAM
    launchers
  • Guns:
  • 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) main gun,
  • 4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns CIWS
  • Anti-submarine:
  • 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,
Aircraft carried
INS Rajput firing a BrahMos missile

INS Rajput was a guided-missile destroyer and the lead ship of the Rajput class of the Indian Navy. It was commissioned on 4 May 1980. It was the first destroyer of the Indian Navy. It was built for India by the erstwhile USSR, and had the shipyard name Nadezhny (lit. hope). Captain (later Vice Admiral) Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani was her first commanding officer.

The Rajput served as the trial platform for the BrahMos cruise missile, and was the first warship to be equipped with the missile. The 4 P-20M inclined single launchers on the ship (2 port and 2 starboard) were replaced by 8 boxed launchers (4 port and 4 starboard) with each having the ability to carry one BrahMos cruise missile. A new variant of the Prithvi-III missile was test fired from the Rajput on March 2007.[2] She is capable of attacking land targets, as well as fulfilling anti-aircraft and anti-submarine roles as a taskforce or carrier escort.[3] Rajput tracked the Dhanush ballistic missile during a successful test in 2005.[4]

The ship was decommissioned on 21 May 2021 at the

Operation Cactus to resolve the hostage situation off the Maldives, and Operation Crowsnest off Lakshadweep.[7][8]

History and construction

Main articles: Rajput-class destroyer and Kashin-class destroyer

The

Georgian SSR (now Georgia) on 4 May 1980 by Inder Kumar Gujral, then the Ambassador of India to the USSR (later the Prime Minister).[10]

References

  1. ISBN 1557502625
    .
  2. ^ "Dhanush, naval surface-to-surface missile, test fired successfully". domain-b.com. 31 March 2007. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. ^ Ministry of Defence (24 September 2010). "Brahmos naval version tested successfully" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010.
  4. ^ Vishwakarma, Arun (28 December 2005). "Prithvi SRBM". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
  5. ^ "INS Rajput to be Decommissioned on 21 May 21". PIB. 20 May 2021.
  6. ^ @ANI (20 May 2021). "INS Rajput, first destroyer of the Indian Navy, which was commissioned on 4th May 1980 will be decommissioned on 21st May during a ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  8. Ships Monthly
    July 2021 page 14
  9. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  10. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 22 March 2024.

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