INS Ganga (F22)

For other ships with the same name, see INS Ganga.

INS Ganga
History
India
NameINS Ganga
NamesakeGanga River (the Ganges)
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Launched21 October 1981
Commissioned30 December 1985
Decommissioned22 March 2018
IdentificationF22
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeGodavari-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3600 tons standard,
  • 3850 tons full load
Length126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion2 turbines with 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors; 2 550 psi (3,800 kPa) boilers; 2 shafts
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
Range4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement313 (incl. 40 Officers & 13 Aircrew)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Signaal D-band radar
  • 1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
  • 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
  • Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
  • BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)[1]
Armament
  • 4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx) AShMs in single-tube launchers
  • Barak SAM system
  • 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun (replaced 1 x 2 57 mm AK-725 gun
  • 4 × AK-230 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only)
  • 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried

INS Ganga (F22) was a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of the Indian Navy. Built in Mumbai by Mazagon Dock Limited, she was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 30 December 1985. She was retired from active service on 28 May 2017,[2] and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018.[3]

  1. ^ "Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System". BEL. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ^ "INS Ganga on swansong sortie". Deccan Herald. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Navy warship INS Ganga decommissioned in Mumbai". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.