INS Mormugao (D67)

Mormugao during delivery to the Indian Navy
History
India
NameINS Mormugao
NamesakeMormugao
OperatorIndian Navy
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Way numberD67
Laid down4 June 2015
Launched17 September 2016
Acquired24 November 2022
Commissioned18 December 2022
IdentificationPennant number: D67
Mottoसागरे विनाशकः - Destroyer In Sea
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeGuided missile destroyer
Displacement7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)[2]
Length163 m (535 ft)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Endurance45 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
4 x RHIB
Crew300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B
Aviation facilitiesEnclosed helicopter hangar and flight deck capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters.
NotesModified derivative of the Kolkata-class destroyer.[4]

INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and was launched on 17 September 2016. The ship was commissioned on 18 December 2022.[5] She is named after the port city of Mormugao in Goa.[6]

  1. ^ Shukla, Ajay (21 April 2015). "INS Visakhapatnam shows growing Indian ability to build warships economically". Business Standard. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers, Mazagon Dock Limited".
  4. ^ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers".
  5. ^ "Navy's Most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer "Mormugao" launched in mumbai". NDTV. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ^ "New Navy destroyer to be named after Goa port". 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021.