INS Chennai

	Chennai (D65) at sea.
History
India
Name	Chennai
Namesake	Chennai
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down	February 2006
Launched	1 April 2010
Completed	12 November 2015
Commissioned	21 Nov 2016
Motto	Shatro Sanharaka ("Vanquisher of Enemies")
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons) full load
Length	163 m (534 ft 9 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	Combined gas and gas system: 4 × Zorya-Mashproekt DT-59 reversible gas turbines producing 16.55MW each
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement	300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar :-; IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar; Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar; Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar ; Sonar :-; BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar; BEL Nagin active towed array sonar; Combat Suite :-; BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	BEL Ellora electronic support measures; Decoys :-; 4 × Kavach decoy launchers; 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems;
Armament	Anti-air warfare :-; 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles; Anti-surface warfare :-; 2 × 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles ; Anti-submarine warfare :-; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes ; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers; Guns :-; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 4 x AK-630 CIWS;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters
Aviation facilities	Dual Enclosed hangar

INS Chennai (D65) is the third and last ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) at Mumbai. On 17 April 2017, INS Chennai was dedicated to the city of Chennai in the presence of then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Palaniswamy.

INS Chennai has on her seal a Bull symbolising the Jallikattu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu from where the ship associates its heritage.

History
Chennai (D65) at sea.
India
Name	Chennai
Namesake	Chennai
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down	February 2006
Launched	1 April 2010
Completed	12 November 2015
Commissioned	21 Nov 2016
Motto	Shatro Sanharaka ("Vanquisher of Enemies")
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons) full load
Length	163 m (534 ft 9 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	Combined gas and gas system: 4 × Zorya-Mashproekt DT-59 reversible gas turbines producing 16.55MW each
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement	300 (50 officers + 250 sailors)
Sensors & processing systems	Radar :- IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar BEL Nagin active towed array sonar Combat Suite :- BEL EMCCA Mk4 combat management system
Electronic warfare & decoys	BEL Ellora electronic support measures Decoys :- 4 × Kavach decoy launchers 2 × Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems
Armament	Anti-air warfare :- 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 4 x AK-630 CIWS
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters
Aviation facilities	Dual Enclosed hangar