INS Imphal (D68)

	INS Imphal
History
India
Name	Imphal
Namesake	Imphal
Owner	Indian Navy
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Cost	Rs. 29,700 Crore (3.5 Billion USD)
Laid down	19 May 2017
Launched	20 April 2019
Acquired	20 October 2023
Commissioned	26 December 2023
Identification	Pennant number: D68
Status	Commissioned
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General characteristics
Type	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft	6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	COGAG ; 2 x Zorya M36E gas turbines, with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes; 2 × Bergen/GRSE KVM-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	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	45 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 x RHIB
Crew	300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar :-; IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar; BEL RAWL-02/LW-08 L-Band air-search radar; Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band surface-search radar; Sonar :-; BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar; BEL "Nagin" active towed-array sonar; Combat Suite :-; "Combat Management System" (CMS);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	DRDO "Shakti" EW suite (equipped with ESM/ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)); DRDO "Nayan" COMINT suite; Decoys :-; 4 x Kavach decoy launchers; 2 x Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems;
Armament	48 VLS; 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.
Notes	Modified derivative of the Kolkata-class destroyer.

INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. She was being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and has been launched on 20 April 2019. The ship started sea trials on 28 April 2023, and was delivered to the Indian Navy on 20 October 2023. It was commissioned on 26 December 2023.

The ship was named in recognition of Manipur's sacrifices and contribution to India's freedom struggle including the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891 or the Indian National Army under leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose raising the Indian flag on 14 April 1944 at Moirang. It is the first Indian Navy ship named after a city in Northeast India.

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