INS Kidon

INS *Kidon*
	INS Kidon underway, 2012
History
Israel
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
Displacement	488 tonnes (full load); 430 tonnes (standard);
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	Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar; Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Elbit chaff rocket launchers; Rafael RF corner reflector; Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR;
Armament	8 x RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles; 16 x Barak 1 surface-to-air missiles; 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 2 x 0.5 in (12.70 mm) caliber M2 Browning machine guns; 3 x 7.62 mm FN MAG 58 general-purpose machine guns ; 1 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS;

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]

References

^ Imbar, Moshe (2015). The 3td Flotilla - The Israel Navy Fast Missile Boats (in Hebrew). Pages: 130-131: Ministry of Defense publishing.{{cite book}}: 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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