INS Chennai (D65)

	INS Chennai (D65) during an exercise in the Indian Ocean.
History
India
Name	Chennai
Namesake	Chennai
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down	February 2006
Launched	1 April 2010
Completed	12 November 2015
Commissioned	21 Nov 2016
Motto	Shatro Sanharaka ("Vanquisher of Enemies")
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Kolkata-class destroyer
Displacement	7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons) full load
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft)
Speed	In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Sensors and ; processing systems	IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar; Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar; Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar ; BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar; BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	BEL Ellora electronic support measures; NSTL Maareech ATDS; Kavach chaff decoy system;
Armament	4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 missiles; 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos missiles; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (manufactured by BHEL); 4 × AK-630 CIWS; 4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopter
Aviation facilities	Dual Enclosed hangar

INS Chennai (D65) is the third and last ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at Mumbai. On 17 April 2017, INS Chennai was dedicated to the city of Chennai in presence of then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Palaniswamy.

INS Chennai has on her seal a Bull symbolising the Jallikattu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu from where the ship associates its heritage.

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