INS Rana (D52)

INS Rana is a Rajput-class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy. She was commissioned on 28 June 1982.

For other ships with the same name, see INS Rana.

INS Rana leads the passing exercise formation
History
India
NameRana
NamesakeMaharana Pratap
Builder61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Commissioned28 June 1982
HomeportVisakhapatnam
Identification
  • Pennant number: D52
  • MMSI number: 419100003
  • Callsign: ATZL
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeRajput-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard,
  • 4,974 tons full load
Length147 m (482 ft)
Beam15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)
Range
  • 4,000 miles (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement320 (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 or 1 x Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit),
  • 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:
  • 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles
  • Air-defence:
  • 16 × VL-SRSAM
  • 1 × S-125M SAM launcher
  • Guns:
  • OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (formerly AK-726 twin 3" naval gun)
  • 4 × 30 mm AK-630M CIWS
  • Anti-submarine:
  • 1 × 533 mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,
Aircraft carried1 x HAL Chetak helicopter

She was the only ship of her class which was not upgraded like the other two remaining ships, which were upgraded earlier with the Israeli Barak 1 and EL/M-2238 STAR Radar. An upgrade in 2022 armed her with new short range SAM VL-SRSAM in VLS configuration of 8 x 2 cells replacing one S-125 Neva/Pechora launcher in the Aft.

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