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Rajput-class destroyer

Class of modified Kashin class guided missile destroyers built for Indian Navy

Summary

Class of modified Kashin class guided missile destroyers built for Indian Navy

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	INS Rajput (D51) sporting Revathi radar.jpg
image_caption	INS Rajput (D51) during an exercise sporting Revathi radar.
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Rajput
builders	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
operators
class_after
total_ships_planned	5
total_ships_completed	5
total_ships_active	3
total_ships_retired	2
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Guided missile destroyer
displacement	*3,950 tons standard
*4,974 tons full load<ref name	"jfs-0506"/
length	146.5 m
beam	15.8 m
draught	4.8 m
propulsion	4 × Zorya-Mashproekt M3E gas turbines in COGAG, 72,000 hp; 2 shafts
speed	35 kn
range	*4500 nmi at 18 kn
* at <ref name	"jfs-0506"/
complement	320 (including 35 officers)
sensors	*Navigation: 2 × Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
*Air/Surface: 1 × MR-310U Angara radar at E-band, replaced by 1 × EL/M-2238 STAR<ref name	nigwn
armament	See Armaments
aircraft	1 × Ka-28 in last two ships and HAL Chetak helicopter in first three ships

4,974 tons full load
2600 nmi at 30 kn
Air: 1 × MP-500 Kliver radar at C-band or 1 × Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit),
Air/Surface: 1 × MR-310U Angara radar at E-band, replaced by 1 × EL/M-2238 STAR
Communication: Inmarsat,
Sonar: 1 × hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 × Vyega MG-325 variable depth sonar

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet s. They are also known as the Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s. All units are currently attached to the Eastern Naval Command.

Service history

The Rajput class inherited their anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare roles for aircraft carrier task-force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles from the Kashin class. They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems. The systems were deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined bow mounted launchers replacing two SS-N-2D Styx AShM launchers in and eight cell VLS system replacing aft S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher in and . Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile. As of 2008, the Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of the Rajput-class ships with indigenous Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT) engine developed by Gas Turbine Research Establishment of DRDO. The engine is currently in the testing phase.

During the TROPEX-21 exercise of the Indian Navy, the decommissioned Ranjit was sunk by a torpedo.

was decommissioned from the service on 21 May 2021.

Armaments

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
(ex-Nadezhniy)	D51	61 Kommunara	11 September 1976	17 September 1977	editor1-last=Saunders	editor1-first=Stephen	editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders	title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006	date=2005	publisher=Jane's Information Group	location=Coulsdon	isbn=978-0710626929	page=314	edition=108th	chapter=India}}	21 May 2021	Decommissioned
(ex-Gubitelyniyy)	D52	29 November 1976	27 September 1978	19 February 1982		Active
(ex-Lovkiyy)	D53	29 June 1977	16 June 1979	24 November 1983	url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571660&RegID=3&LID=1	title=INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era	access-date=6 May 2019}}	Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target.
(ex-Tverdyy)	D54	24 October 1981	12 March 1983	21 April 1986		Active
(ex-Tolkoviyy)	D55	19 March 1982	1 February 1986	21 December 1987		Active

References

"Report No. 20 of 2017 (Navy and Coast Guard)".
Friedman, Norman. (2006). "The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems". Naval Institute.
[http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3571 Indian Navy: INS ''Rajput'', 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles]
link. (2007-11-24)
(2008-07-17). "Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships".
(10 February 2021). "Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region". Republic TV.
"Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game". Indian Navy.
(2021-05-20). "INS Rajput to be Decommissioned on 21 May 21". PIB.
(2021-05-21). "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".
(2005). "Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006". Jane's Information Group.
(2024-12-21). "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years".

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