Sa'ar 5 class Missile Corvette Isreali Navy Heil HaYam

Israeli Navy - Sea Corps of Israel
Sa'ar 5 class Missile Corvette

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Ships:

Unit / Name	Launched	Commissioned	STATUS
INS Eilat	February 1993	May 21, 1994	ACTIVE
INS Lahav	August 1993	September 23, 1994	ACTIVE
INS Hanit	March 1994	February 7, 1995	ACTIVE

Specifications:

Builder: Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA

Displacement: 1275 tons (full load)
Length: 85.64 meters (281 feet)
Beam: 11.88 m (39 ft)
Draft: 3.45 m (11.32 ft)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) on diesels / 33 knots (61 km/h) on gas turbine
Range: 3500 NMI (6500 km)
Complement: 64 + 10 aircrew

Propulsion:
(CODOG / Combined Diesel or Gas)
2 x MTU V12 1163 TB82 diesel engines (6600 hp)
1 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (30000 hp)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:

Vertical Launching System (VLS) - 32 cells
for Barak 8 SAM missiles

2 x Mk.141 missile launcher
for 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon SSM

1 x Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS

2 x Rafael Typhoon Weapon Stations

2 x Mk.32 (324mm/12.75") torpedo tubes

Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

Systems:
EL/M-2258 ALPHA rotating AESA S-band multifunction radar (upgrade version for Eilat & Hanit)
EL/M 2248 MF-STAR 4-fixed-faced AESA S-band multifunction radar (upgrade version for Lahav)
Elta EL/M-2221 fire control radar
Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar (removed)
EDO Type-796 hull-mounted sonar
Rafael towed sonar array
Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoys
Elbit Deseaver rocket decoy launchers
Rafael RF corner reflector (radio jamming)
Elisra NS-9003A/9005 Radio Warning Receiver

The Sa'ar 5 class ships were Israeli designed using lessons learned from the Sa'ar 4.5 class missile boats.

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