Sa'ar 4 class Fast Attack Craft FACM Isreali Navy Heil HaYam

Israeli Navy - Sea Corps of Israel
Sa'ar 4 class Fast Attack Craft

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Ships:

Name	Commissioned	STATUS
INS Reshef	February 1973	decommissioned / sold to Chile in 1997 > LM-34 Angamos
INS Keshet	August 1973	decommissioned / sold to Chile in 1980 > LM-31 Chipana
INS Romach	1974	decommissioned / sold to Chile in 1979 > LM-30 Casma
INS Kidon	1974	decomm. / disassembled 1994 / partly reused in a Sa'ar 4.5 boat
INS Tarshish	1975	decommissioned / sold to Chile in 1997 > LM-35 Papudo
INS Yaffo	1975	decomm. / disassembled 1998 / partly reused in a Sa'ar 4.5 boat
INS Nitzachon	September 1978	decommissioned in 2014
INS Atzmaut	February 1979	decommissioned 2014 / sunk as a target in July 2016
INS Moledet	1979	decommissioned / sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 > P 702 SLNS Suranimala
INS Komemiyut	1980	decommissioned / sold to Sri Lanka in 2000 > P 701 SLNS Nandimitra

Specifications:

Builder: Israel Shipyards Ltd., Kishon Port, Haifa, Israel

Displacement: 450 tons (full load)
Length: 58 meters (190 feet)
Beam: 7.62 m (25 ft)
Draft: 2.4 m (7 ft 9 in)
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h), max.
Range: 4000 NMI (7400 km) at 17 knots / 1650 NMI (3000 km) at 30 knots
Complement: 45

Propulsion:
4 x MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines (3200 hp / 2375 kW, each)
4 shafts / 4 propellers

Armament:
in different arrangements

1-2 x Mk.141 missile launcher
for up to 4 x RGM-84 Harpoon SSM

4-6 x IAI Gabriel SSM missiles

1-2 x OtoMelara/Breda 76/62 Compact gun

1 x Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS

2 x Oerlikon 20 mm guns

Aviation:
none

Systems:
Elta EL/M-2207/2208 air & surface search radar
Selenia Orion RTN-10X fire-control radar
1 x 45-tube / 4-6 x 24-tube and 4 single chaff/decoy launchers
Elisra NS-9003/9005 Radar Warning Receiver

The Sa'ar 4 or Reshef class were a series of fast attack craft built based on Israeli Navy designs grounded in accumulated experience derived in the operation of Sa'ar 1, Sa'ar 2, and Sa'ar 3 classes. Thirteen were built at the Israel Shipyards, ten for the Israeli Navy and three for the South African Navy.

images

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firing a Harpoon SSM

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firing a Gabriel SSM

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helipad testing

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Oerlikon 20 mm gun

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