| INS Kidon | |
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 INS Kidon underway, 2012 | |
| Career (Israel) |  |
| Name: | Kidon |
| Namesake: | Javelin |
| Builder: | Israel Shipyards Ltd. |
| Commissioned: | 1997 |
| Status: | Active |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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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The INS Kidon (Hebrew: אח"י כידון, lit. Javelin) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy, 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[]
References[]
- ↑ Imbar, Moshe (2015) (in Hebrew). The 3td Flotilla - The Israel Navy Fast Missile Boats. Pages: 130-131: Ministry of Defense publishing.
- ↑ Hetz/Nirit Sa'ar 4.5 Unit List - GlobalSecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/hetz-list.htm
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