Visakhapatnam-class destroyer

	INS Visakhapatnam, the lead ship of the class.
Class overview
Name	Visakhapatnam-class
Builders	Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Kolkata class
Succeeded by	Project 18 "Next Generation Destroyer" (NGD)
Cost	₹35,800 crore (equivalent to ₹420 billion or US$5.3 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2020); ₹8,950 crore (equivalent to ₹110 billion or US$1.3 billion in 2023) per ship (FY 2020);
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	7,400 t (7,300 long tons)
Length	163 m (534 ft 9 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
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 33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	45 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 × 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	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.

The Visakhapatnam-class destroyers, also classified as the P-15 Bravo class, or simply P-15B, is a class of guided-missile destroyers currently being built for the Indian Navy. The Visakhapatnam class is an upgraded derivative of its predecessor, the Kolkata class, with improved features of stealth, automation and ordnance.

Designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB), a total of four ships are being built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), under the Make in India initiative. The first vessel of the class, INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned on 21 November 2021. The IN plans to have all four destroyers in active service by 2024.

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