INS Ranjit (D53)

	INS Ranjit
History
India
Name	Ranjit
Namesake	Ranjit Singh
Builder	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Launched	16 June 1979
Commissioned	24 November 1983
Decommissioned	6 May 2019
Homeport	Visakhapatnam
Identification	Pennant number: D53; MMSI number: 419100180;
Fate	Sunk during TROPEX-21
General characteristics
Class and type	Rajput-class destroyer
Displacement	3,950 tons standard,; 4,974 tons full load;
Length	147 m (482 ft)
Beam	15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h); 2,600 miles (4,200 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 (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 BEL 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:; 2 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers; Guns:; 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) main gun,; 4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS; Anti-submarine: ; 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,;
Aircraft carried	1 x HAL Chetak helicopter

INS Ranjit is the third of the five Rajput-class destroyer built for the Indian Navy. Ranjit was commissioned on 15 September 1983 and remained in service till 6 May 2019, when it was decommissioned.^[2]

^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
^ "INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era". PIB. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[nigwn-1] Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.

[ranjit-deco-2] "INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era". PIB. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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History
INS Ranjit
India
Name	Ranjit
Namesake	Ranjit Singh
Builder	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Launched	16 June 1979
Commissioned	24 November 1983
Decommissioned	6 May 2019
Homeport	Visakhapatnam
Identification	Pennant number: D53 MMSI number: 419100180
Fate	Sunk during TROPEX-21
General characteristics
Class and type	Rajput-class destroyer
Displacement	3,950 tons standard, 4,974 tons full load
Length	147 m (482 ft)
Beam	15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) 2,600 miles (4,200 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 (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^[1] Communication: Inmarsat, Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with BEL 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: 2 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers Guns: 2 × 76.2 mm (3 in) main gun, 4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS Anti-submarine: 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher, 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,
Aircraft carried	1 x HAL Chetak helicopter