INS Eilat (501)

INS Eilat
History
Israel
Name	Eilat
Builder	Northrop Grumman by Ingalls Shipbuilding
Launched	February 1993
Commissioned	21 May 1994[1]
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sa'ar 5-class corvette
Displacement	1,227 tonnes (full load) 1,075 tonnes (standard)
Length	85.64 m (280.97 ft)
Beam	11.88 m (38.98 ft)
Draft	3.17 m (10.40 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 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 Eilat (501) is a Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli Navy's 3rd Flotilla that was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 1993. She is one of three Sa'ar 5-class corvettes in service with the Israeli Navy and her homeport is Haifa, Israel.^[2] The contract for the construction of the three ships of the class was signed in the early 1980s. Eilat was the first of the three ships to be launched and commissioned, being the first in her class.