18 December 2022 India has commissioned another warship INS Mormugao in the Indian Navy. Yes, you heard it right, After INS Vikrant, India has launched the new guided missile destroyer INS Mormugao of the Indian Navy under the Made in Indian program. Let us know that there is beauty in it. Mormugao is name of goa place.
INS Mormugao is 163 meters long and 17.4 meters broad, weighs 7300 tonnes. While INS Vikrant is 262 meters long and 62 meters wide, and displaces about 43,000 tones when fully loaded. INS Mormugao will be manned by a crew of 350, including 50 officers and 250 sailors with 2 x Zorya M36E gas turbines, with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes, 2 × Bergen 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, Radar, Sonar system, Combat Suite :-“Combat Management System” (CMS) Electronic warfare & decoys
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.
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