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Kolkata-class destroyer

Project 15A

Class of three VLS-equipped stealth guided-missile destroyers constructed for the Indian Navy.

INDIAN OCEAN (Nov. 18, 2020) The Indian navy destroyer INS Kolkata steams alongside the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during Malabar 2020. Mala
Photo via Wikimedia by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Drace Wilson, licensed Public domain.
Overview

About the destroyer

The Kolkata-class destroyers, also known Project 15A or Project 15 Alpha, is a class of three VLS-equipped stealth guided-missile destroyers constructed for the Indian Navy.

Ships in class

Commissioned hulls

NamePennantCommissionedBuilder
INS KolkataD632014Mazagon Dock
INS KochiD642015Mazagon Dock
INS ChennaiD652016Mazagon Dock
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