INS Hanit

INS Hanit at Haifa port, May 2010
History
Israel
Name	Hanit
Namesake	Spear
Builder	Northrop Grumman by Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	5 April 1993
Launched	5 March 1994
Commissioned	7 February 1995
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sa'ar 5-class corvette
Displacement	1,275 tonnes (full load) 1,065 tonnes (standard)
Length	85.64 m (280.97 ft)
Beam	11.88 m (38.98 ft)
Draft	3.45 m (11.32 ft)
Propulsion	Combined Diesel or Gas 2 MTU V12 1163 TB82 diesel engines General Electric LM2500 gas turbine
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h) (diesel engines) 33 knots (61 km/h) (gas turbine)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km)
Complement	64 officers and crewmen 10 aircrew
Sensors and processing systems	Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar EDO Type 796 hull-mounted sonar Rafael towed sonar array
Electronic warfare & decoys	Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie decoy Elbit chaff rocket launchers Rafael RF corner reflector Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR
Armament	1 20mm Phalanx CIWS 8 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 64 Barak 1 surface-to-air missiles 2 Mark 32 SVTTs (6 tubes)
Aircraft carried	Eurocopter Panther
Aviation facilities	Helipad and helicopter hangar

INS Hanit (503) (Hebrew: חנית, Spear) is a Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli Navy, built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 1994. During the 2006 Lebanon War INS Hanit served as the flagship of the Israeli navy.^[1] On 14 July 2006, it was damaged after being struck by a Hezbollah C-701 anti-ship missile.