INS Hanit

INS Hanit at Haifa port, May 2010
History
Israel
Name	Hanit
Namesake	Spear
Builder	Northrop Grumman by Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	5 April 1993
Launched	5 March 1994
Commissioned	7 February 1995
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sa'ar 5-class corvette
Displacement	1,275 tonnes (full load) 1,065 tonnes (standard)
Length	85.64 m (280.97 ft)
Beam	11.88 m (38.98 ft)
Draft	3.45 m (11.32 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 hull-mounted 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 Hanit (503) (Hebrew: חנית, Spear) is a Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli Navy's 3rd Flotilla, built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 1994. During the 2006 Lebanon War INS Hanit served as the flagship of the Israeli navy.^[1] On 14 July 2006, it was damaged after being struck by a Hezbollah C-701 anti-ship missile.