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Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided missile destroyer named after the port city of Andhra Pradesh on the East coast, is to be commissioned into the Indian Navy

ABOUT THE SHIP

• Indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai
• Measures 163 metres in length, 17 metres in breadth, with a displacement of 7400 tonnes
• Regarded as one of the most potent warships to have been constructed in India
• Propelled by four powerful gas turbines, in a Combined Gas and Gas (COGAG) configuration
• Capable of achieving speeds in excess of 30 knots
• Has enhanced stealth features resulting in a reduced Radar Cross Section (RCS)
• Packed with sophisticated ‘state of the art’ weapons and sensors such as Surface to Surface Missile and Surface to Air Missiles
• Fitted with a modern Surveillance Radar which provides target data to the gunnery weapon systems of the ship
• Anti-Submarine Warfare capabilities are provided by the indigenously developed Rocket Launchers, Torpedo Launchers and ASW helicopters
• Equipped to fight under Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare conditions.