INS Mormugao (D67)

	Mormugao during its maiden sea trials
History
India
Name	Mormugao
Namesake	Mormugao
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Way number	D67
Laid down	4 June 2015
Launched	17 September 2016
Commissioned	Est. 2022
Identification	Pennant number: D67
Status	Sea trials
General characteristics
Type	Stealth Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft	6.5 m (21 ft)
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 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	45 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 x RHIB
Crew	300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors and ; processing systems	IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar; Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band multi-function surface-search radar; Thales LW-08 D-Band air-search radar; BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar; BEL Nagin active towed-array sonar; Combat Management System (CMS);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	DRDO "Shakti" EW suite (equipped with ESM/ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System"); DRDO "Nayan" COMINT suite; 2 x Kavach decoy launchers; 2 x Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System;
Armament	Anti-air missiles:; 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak-8 SAM (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi); Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles; 2 x 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles (AShM) (Also used as Land-attack missiles); Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (manufactured by BHEL); 4 × AK-630M CIWS; 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun; Anti-submarine warfare:; 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes ; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King Mk. 42B or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar, with a "rail-less" helicopter traversing system (for securing the helicopter in case of adverse weather conditions)

INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She is being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and has been launched on 17 September 2016. The ship is expected to get commissioned by 2022.^[21]

Construction[]

The keel of Mormugao was laid down on 4 June 2015, and she was launched on 17 September 2016 at Mazagon Dock Limited of Mumbai.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]

She is named after the port city of Mormugao in Goa.^[26]

Mormugao completed its basic trials on 14 December, 2021 and started its maiden sea trials on 19 December, 2021 commemorating the Goa Liberation Day.^[27]^[28]

Gallery[]

Mormugao floats on her own post launch

References[]

^ "INS Visakhapatnam', First Ship of Project 15B launched". indiannavy.nic.in. Indian Navy (News). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited".
^ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers". NAVAL TECHNOLOGY. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bedi, Rahul. "India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
^ https://www.terma.com/news-events/news/news-archive/2017/terma-in-contract-with-tata-advanced-systems-limited-for-surface-surveillance-radar/
^ ^a ^b "INS Vishakhapatnam | Vizag has Risen". 21 November 2020.
^ http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/ins-mormugao-in-the-series-of-indian-naval-destroyers/
^ http://defenceupdate.in/ins-visakhapatnam-indias-powerful-stealth-guided-missile-p15b-destroyer/
^ Manjeet Negi (16 November 2021). "Visakhapatnam: All you need to know about India's stealth guided-missile destroyer". India Today.
^ "MDL delivers first Project 15B Destroyer to the Indian Navy". www.psuconnect.in.
^ Naval Barak-8 Missiles, Israel, India LRSAM Archived 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, naval-technology.com, Accessed 25 November 2014
^ "First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched". Navy Recognition.
^ Gady, Franz-Stefan. "China Beware: Here Comes India's Most Powerful Destroyer". The Diplomat. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ Snehesh, Alex Philip. "Navy to scrap plans to procure guns from US, considering 'Make in India' route now". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.
^ "Navy, Coast Guard get new 12.7mm M2 heavy machine guns". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.
^ "OFT hands delivery of 25 remote control guns to Navy, Coast Guard". The Times of India.
^ "Arise INS Visakhapatnam". YouTube.
^ "shakti: PM Modi hands over advanced Electronic Warfare System 'Shakti' to Indian Navy in Jhansi". The Times of India.
^ "India is working to make its forces self-reliant, says Modi". 19 November 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
^ https://www.drdo.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/68-3CIR-4___________Brief_on_Nayan.pdf
^ "Navy's Most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer "Mormugao" launched in mumbai". NDTV. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Russia to help India build 4 guided-missile destroyers". Indrus. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^ "Project 15B". Global Security. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^ Sheshrao, Vishnudas (15 April 2015). "Indigenously built warship ready for launch". freepressjournal. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ "Navy's Next Destroyer Line Christened Visakhapatnam-class, 1st Launch Next Week". LiveFist defence. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20210502092157/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/566564/navy-destroyer-named-goa-port.html
^ "MORMUGAO, INDIAN NAVY'S SECOND SHIP OF THE PROJECT 15B, SAILS FOR MAIDEN SEA TRIALS ON GOA LIBERATION DAY" (Press release). PIB. 19 December 2021.
^ "Basin trials of Second ship of P15B" (PDF). Mazagon Dock. 15 December 2021.

[Indian_Navy_Visakhapatnam-1] "INS Visakhapatnam', First Ship of Project 15B launched". indiannavy.nic.in. Indian Navy (News). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.

[naval-technology.com-2] "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited".

[3] "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers". NAVAL TECHNOLOGY. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

[janes-4] Bedi, Rahul. "India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.

[5] ttps://www.terma.com/news-events/news/news-archive/2017/terma-in-contract-with-tata-advanced-systems-limited-for-surface-surveillance-radar/

[auto1-6] "INS Vishakhapatnam | Vizag has Risen". 21 November 2020.

[7] ttp://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/ins-mormugao-in-the-series-of-indian-naval-destroyers/

[8] ttp://defenceupdate.in/ins-visakhapatnam-indias-powerful-stealth-guided-missile-p15b-destroyer/

[9] Manjeet Negi (16 November 2021). "Visakhapatnam: All you need to know about India's stealth guided-missile destroyer". India Today.

[10] "MDL delivers first Project 15B Destroyer to the Indian Navy". www.psuconnect.in.

[11] Naval Barak-8 Missiles, Israel, India LRSAM Archived 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, naval-technology.com, Accessed 25 November 2014

[12] "First Indian Navy Project 15B - Visakhapatnam-class Destroyer Launched". Navy Recognition.

[Diplomat-13] Gady, Franz-Stefan. "China Beware: Here Comes India's Most Powerful Destroyer". The Diplomat. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[theprint-14] Snehesh, Alex Philip. "Navy to scrap plans to procure guns from US, considering 'Make in India' route now". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.

[15] "Navy, Coast Guard get new 12.7mm M2 heavy machine guns". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd.

[16] "OFT hands delivery of 25 remote control guns to Navy, Coast Guard". The Times of India.

[17] "Arise INS Visakhapatnam". YouTube.

[18] "shakti: PM Modi hands over advanced Electronic Warfare System 'Shakti' to Indian Navy in Jhansi". The Times of India.

[19] "India is working to make its forces self-reliant, says Modi". 19 November 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.

[20] ttps://www.drdo.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/68-3CIR-4___________Brief_on_Nayan.pdf

[21] "Navy's Most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer "Mormugao" launched in mumbai". NDTV. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[indrus18a13-22] "Russia to help India build 4 guided-missile destroyers". Indrus. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[gs20j13-23] "Project 15B". Global Security. Retrieved 20 July 2013.

[Free_Press_Journal-24] Sheshrao, Vishnudas (15 April 2015). "Indigenously built warship ready for launch". freepressjournal. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

[Livefist-25] "Navy's Next Destroyer Line Christened Visakhapatnam-class, 1st Launch Next Week". LiveFist defence. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

[26] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210502092157/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/566564/navy-destroyer-named-goa-port.html

[mormugao_trials-27] "MORMUGAO, INDIAN NAVY'S SECOND SHIP OF THE PROJECT 15B, SAILS FOR MAIDEN SEA TRIALS ON GOA LIBERATION DAY" (Press release). PIB. 19 December 2021.

[28] "Basin trials of Second ship of P15B" (PDF). Mazagon Dock. 15 December 2021.

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Preceded by: Kolkata class Followed by: None
List of destroyers of the Indian Navy

INS Mormugao (D67)

Contents

Construction[]

Gallery[]

See also[]

References[]

History
Mormugao during its maiden sea trials
India
Name	Mormugao
Namesake	Mormugao
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Way number	D67
Laid down	4 June 2015
Launched	17 September 2016
Commissioned	Est. 2022
Identification	Pennant number: D67
Status	Sea trials
General characteristics
Type	Stealth Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)^[1]
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft	6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	COGAG^[2] 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 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Endurance	45 days
Boats & landing craft carried	4 x RHIB
Crew	300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors and processing systems	IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar^[4] Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band multi-function surface-search radar^[5] Thales LW-08 D-Band air-search radar^[4] BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar^[6] BEL Nagin active towed-array sonar^[7]^[8] Combat Management System (CMS)^[9]^[10]
Electronic warfare & decoys	DRDO "Shakti" EW suite (equipped with ESM/ECM and "Radar Finger Printing System")^[18]^[19] DRDO "Nayan" COMINT suite^[20] 2 x Kavach decoy launchers^[6] 2 x Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System
Armament	Anti-air missiles: 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak-8 SAM (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi)^[11]^[12] Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles 2 x 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles (AShM) (Also used as Land-attack missiles)^[13] Guns 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (manufactured by BHEL)^[14] 4 × AK-630M CIWS^[4] 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun^[15]^[16]^[17] Anti-submarine warfare: 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers^[4]
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King Mk. 42B or HAL Dhruv^[3]
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar, with a "rail-less" helicopter traversing system (for securing the helicopter in case of adverse weather conditions)^[2]