INS Kidon
Appearance
INS Kidon underway, 2012
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History | |
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Name | Kidon |
Namesake | Javelin |
Builder | Israel Shipyards Ltd. |
Commissioned | 1997 |
Status | Active |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat |
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Length | 61.7 m (202.43 ft) |
Beam | 7.62 m (25.00 ft) |
Draft | 2.8 m (9.19 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 MTU 16V 396 TB91 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
Range | 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h) 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat |
Complement | 53 officers and crewmen |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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The INS Kidon (Hebrew: אח"י כידון, lit. Javelin) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in 1997.[1]
The ship is not the first to use this name, named after the previous Sa'ar 4-class missile boat. The newer ship comprising various systems dismantled from older Sa'ar 4 INS Kidon hull.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Imbar, Moshe (2015). The 3td Flotilla - The Israel Navy Fast Missile Boats (in Hebrew). Pages: 130-131: Ministry of Defense publishing.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Hetz/Nirit Sa'ar 4.5 Unit List - GlobalSecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/hetz-list.htm
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