Second stealth-guided missile destroyer delivered to Indian Navy

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The second ship of Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyer being built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), was delivered to the Indian Navy on 24 November. 

Important facts

• When commissioned, the ship will be christened INS Mormugao.

• The contract for four ships of Project 15B was signed on January 28, 2011.

• The project is a follow-up to the Kolkata class (Project 15A) destroyers commissioned in the last decade and the lead ship of the project - INS Visakhapatnam has already been commissioned into the Indian Navy on November 21, 2021.

• Designed by the Warship Design Bureau, Indian Navy’s in-house organisation and built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai, the four ships of the project are christened after cities from four corners of the country — Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat.

• The foundation stone of Mormugao was laid in 2015 and the ship was launched on 17 September 2016.

About Second stealth-guided missile destroyer

• The ship is 163 metres long and 17 metres wide, displaces 7400 tonnes when fully loaded and has a maximum speed of 30 knots.

• The overall indigenous content of the project is around 75 per cent.

• The class of destroyers armed with indigenous weapons includes-

1. Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (BEL, Bangalore)

2. BrahMos Surface-to-Surface Missiles (BrahMos Aerospace, New Delhi)

3. Indigenous Torpedo Tube Launchers (Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai)

4. Anti-Submarine Indigenous Rocket Launchers (Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai)

5. 76mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (BHEL, Haridwar)