INS Rajput (D51)

	INS Rajput
History
India
Name	Rajput
Namesake	Rajput
Builder	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Laid down	11 September 1976
Launched	17 September 1977
Commissioned	4 May 1980
Decommissioned	21 May 2021
Homeport	Mumbai (till June 1988); Visakhaptnam (from June 1988 till decommissioning);
Identification	Pennant number: D51
Motto	Raaj Karega Rajput (lit. The Rajput Will Rule)
Status	Decommissioned
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General characteristics
Class and type	Rajput-class destroyer
Displacement	3,950 tons standard,; 4,974 tons full load;
Length	142 m (465 ft 11 in)
Beam	15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Complement	320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Navigation: 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I band frequency,; Air: 1 x MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C band,; Air/Surface: 1 x MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E band, replaced by 1 x EL/M-2238 STAR; Communication: Inmarsat,; Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar;
Armament	Anti-surface:; 8 × BrahMos supersonic missiles; 1 × Dhanush ballistic missile (added to INS Rajput); "Anti-ship:"; 2 x P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Styx): till 2003; Air-defence:; 2 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers; Guns:; 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) main gun,; 4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-230 guns CIWS; Anti-submarine: ; 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,;
Aircraft carried	1 x HAL Chetak helicopter; 1 x Kamov Ka-25 helicopter;

INS Rajput was a guided-missile destroyer and the lead ship of the Rajput class of the Indian Navy. It was commissioned on 4 May 1980. It was the first destroyer of the Indian Navy. It was built for India by the erstwhile USSR, and had the shipyard name Nadezhny (lit. hope). Captain (later Vice Admiral) Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani was her first commanding officer.

The Rajput served as the trial platform for the BrahMos cruise missile, and was the first warship to be equipped with the missile. The 4 P-20M inclined single launchers on the ship (2 port and 2 starboard) were replaced by 8 boxed launchers (4 port and 4 starboard) with each having the ability to carry one BrahMos cruise missile. A new variant of the Prithvi-III missile was test fired from the Rajput on March 2007. She is capable of attacking land targets, as well as fulfilling anti-aircraft and anti-submarine roles as a taskforce or carrier escort. Rajput tracked the Dhanush ballistic missile during a successful test in 2005.

The ship was decommissioned on 21 May 2021 at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam. She has participated in several important missions over the years, including Operation Aman off the coast of Sri Lanka to assist the Indian Peace Keeping Force during the Srilankan Civil War, Operation Pawan for patrolling duties off the coast of Sri Lanka, Operation Cactus to resolve the hostage situation off the Maldives, and Operation Crowsnest off Lakshadweep.

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