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Guided missile destroyer
Visakhapatnam-class destroyer is a guided missile destroyer. It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL).
IndiaVisakhapatnam -class
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
Indian Navy
Kolkata class
Project 15C Project 18A
₹ 35,800 crore (equivalent to ₹ 420 billion or US$4.4 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2020) ₹ 8,950 crore (equivalent to ₹ 110 billion or US$1.1 billion in 2023) per ship (FY 2020)
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Guided missile destroyer
7,400 t (7,300 long tons )
163 m (534 ft 9 in)
17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
COGAG 2 × 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
In excess of 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
55 days
4 × RHIB
300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
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)
DRDO Shakti EW suite (equipped with ESM / ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System" (RFPS)) DRDO Nayan COMINT suite Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems
Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS , for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × 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 × AK-630M CIWS 4 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun
2 × HAL Dhruv , Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk or Sea King Mk. 42B
Enclosed helicopter hangar and flight deck capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters.
Modified derivative of the Kolkata -class destroyer .
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 163 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 163 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 163 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Visakhapatnam-class destroyer equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
IndiaNavy exact named equipment holdings of Visakhapatnam (Project 15B). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / DDGHM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.