Rajput-class destroyer

	INS Rajput (D51) during an exercise sporting Revathi radar.
Class overview
Name	Rajput
Builders	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Operators	Indian Navy
Succeeded by	Delhi class
Planned	5
Completed	5
Active	3
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	3,950 tons standard; 4,974 tons full load;
Length	146.5 m (481 ft)
Beam	15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught	4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	4 × Zorya-Mashproekt M3E gas turbines in COGAG, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW); 2 shafts
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h); 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h);
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 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 radar at E-band, replaced by 1 x EL/M-2238 STAR; Communication: Inmarsat,; Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 variable depth sonar;
Armament	Anti-surface:; 1 × Dhanush ballistic missile in INS Rana; 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM in INS Ranvir, INS Ranvijay, and INS Rana ; 8 × BrahMos missiles in INS Ranvir, INS Ranvijay; Air-defence:; 16 × VL-SRSAM in Rana; 2 × 8 Barak 1 SAM cell launchers in Ranvir, and Ranvijay; 1 × S-125M SAM launcher in Ranvir,Ranvijay, andRana; Guns:; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun in Rana, Ranvir, and Ranvijay replacing AK-726 twin 3" naval gun; 4 × 30 mm AK-630M CIWS in Rana; 2 × 30 mm AK-630M CIWS in Ranvir, Ranvijay; Anti-submarine: ; 1 × 533 mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars;
Aircraft carried	1 x Ka-28 in last two ships and HAL Chetak helicopter in first three ships

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s. All units are currently attached to the Eastern Naval Command.

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