INS Kochi

Commissioning ceremony of INS Kochi at Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
History
India
Name	Kochi
Namesake	Kochi
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down	25 October 2005
Launched	18 September 2009
Commissioned	30 September 2015
Motto	Jahi Shatrun Mahabaho(Sanskrit) "Oh mighty armed one… conquer the enemy"[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Kolkata-class destroyer
Displacement	7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons) full load[2][3][4][5]
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft)
Speed	In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Sensors and processing systems	IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar[6] Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar[7] Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar [8] BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system[6]
Electronic warfare & decoys	BEL Ellora electronic support measures[12] NSTL Maareech ATDS Kavach chaff decoy system[12]
Armament	4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 missiles[9][10] 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos missiles[11] 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (manufactured by BHEL) 4 × AK-630 CIWS 4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters
Aviation facilities	Dual Enclosed hangar

INS Kochi (D-64) is a warship of the Indian Navy which was commissioned on 30 September 2015.^[13] It is the second warship of the Kolkata-class Destroyer series after INS Kolkata. The keel of ship was laid down on 25 October 2005 and launched on 18 September 2009. It was constructed in Mumbai by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "INS Kochi". Indian Navy. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
2. ↑ "INS Kolkata". indiannavy.nic.in. Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
3. ↑ INS Kolkata: embarquement immédiat. l'express. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
4. ↑ "Navy gets its largest destroyer". The Hindu. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
5. ↑ "Largest destroyer project of Navy hit by delay". Defence Express. 6 Jun 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Country's most potent indigenous warship joins service this month". SP's Naval Forces. 8 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
7. ↑ "Bharat Electronics Ltd. awards LW08 contract to Thales". Thalesgroup.com. 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
8. ↑ "Virtual tour of INS Kolkata (Hindi)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
9. ↑ "Indian Navy successfully test fires Long Range Barak 8 missile from INS Kolkata". Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
10. ↑ Bedi, Rahul (29 September 2015). "India commissions second Kolkata-class destroyer". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
11. ↑ Kolkata-class destroyer Archived 4 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine GlobalSecurity.org
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Som, Vishnu (29 September 2015). "Inside India's New and Deadliest Warship". NDTV. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
13. ↑ "INS Kochi commissioned at Mumbai". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 24 February 2024.