Indian Navy Ship (INS) Kadmatt deployed to the North Pacific recently conducted Underway Replenishment (UNREP) with Japan's JS Towada.
About INS Kadmatt:
It is an indigenous stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette.
It is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers of Kolkata under Project 28.
It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 2016.
The ship was inducted into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
It has been named after the Kadmat Island ofIndia's Lakshadweep Islands.
The primary role of the INS Kadmatt is in anti-submarine warfare—to protect ships in convoys and ports from enemy submarine attacks.
Features:
Length: 109 m (358 ft)
Beam: 12.8 m (42 ft)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 180 sailors and 13 officers
The ship is fitted with state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, and machinery and is also designed to embark on the Sea king anti-submarine helicopter.
The ship also has on-board early warning, navigation, and fire control radars, besides underwater sensors and integrated communication and electronic warfare systems.
It produces low levels of radiated underwater noise, which reduces its chances of detection.
It is equipped with anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes, and rocket launchers.
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