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|Ship name= ''Ranjit''
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|Ship homeport= [[Visakhapatnam]]
|Ship identification=*[[Pennant number]]: D53
*{{MMSI Number|419100180}}
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|Ship fate=Sunk during TROPEX-21
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|Ship class={{sclass|Rajput|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*3,950 tons standard,
*4,974 tons full load
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|Ship propulsion=4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, {{convert|72,000|hp|abbr=on}}
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*{{convert|2600|mi|km}} at {{convert|30|kn|km/h}}
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|Ship complement=320 (including 35 officers)
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|Ship sensors=*''Navigation:'' 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
*''Air:'' 1 x MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band or 1 x Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS ''Ranjit''),
*''Air/Surface:'' 1 x MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band, replaced by 1 x [[EL/M-2238 STAR]]<ref name=nigwn>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems|year=2006|publisher=Naval Institute|location=Annapolis, Md|isbn=1557502625|page=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4S3h8j_NEmkC&q=%E2%80%9CSurveillance+%26+Threat+Alert+Radar+-+STAR+-+EL%2FM-2238&pg=PA243|edition=5th}}</ref>
*''Communication:'' [[Inmarsat]],
*''Sonar:'' 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar
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*4 × [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]] missiles
*''Air-defence:''
*2 × [[S-125 Neva/Pechora#Naval version|S-125M]] (NATO: SA-N-1) [[Surface to air missile|SAM]] launchers
*''Guns:''
*2 × {{convert|76.2|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} main gun,
*4 × [[AK-630|{{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} AK-630M]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]]
*''Anti-submarine: ''
*1 × {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} PTA 533 quintuple [[torpedo tube]] launcher,
*2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine mortars,
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'''INS ''Ranjit''''' is the third of the five {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer}} built for the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Ranjit'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 15 September 1983 and remained in service till 6 May 2019, when it was decommissioned.<ref name="ranjit-deco">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571660&RegID=3&LID=1|title=INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era
|publisher=PIB|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>

== Construction and service ==
''Ranjit'' was laid down by Indian request under the Soviet name ''Lovkiy'' at the [[61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant]] in [[Nikolayev, Ukraine]] on 29 June 1977 with the serial number 2203. She had previously been planned to be named ''Porazhayushchy'' on 16 May of that year, and was built as a Project 61MZ large anti-submarine ship ([[NATO reporting name]] [[Kashin-class destroyer]]). The destroyer was launched on 16 June 1979 and added to the list of ships of the [[Soviet Navy]] on 30 October 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defpost.com/indian-navy-to-decommission-its-rajput-class-destroyer-ins-ranjit-on-may-6/|title=Indian Navy to Decommission Its Rajput-Class Destroyer, INS Ranjit, on May 6|last=Releases|first=DP Press|date=2019-05-03|website=DefPost|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref>

She was commissioned on 15 September 1983 in the erstwhile USSR with then Captain Vishnu Bhagwat in command. She completed post commissioning trials and set sail from Poti in USSR on 14 November 1983 and entered Mumbai on 22 Dec 1983. She visited ports in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Egypt during her maiden voyage to India. She joined the Western Fleet and operated under the Flag of FOCWF till April 1999. In May 1999, she changed her home port to Vishakhapatnam to become a part of the Eastern Fleet.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lt Cdr Phani|first=Venkata|title=JEET JEET RANJIT - The beginning of the end of an Era|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/desa/sites/default/files/repository-document/Quarterdeck%202019.pdf|journal=Quarterdeck 2019|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Indian Navy, Government of India|volume=2019|pages=50–53}}</ref>

INS Ranjit was decommissioned at the naval dockyard in [[Visakhapatnam]] on 6 May 2019 after serving for 36 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=INS Ranjit Decommissioned |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/indian-navys-frontline-missile-destroyer-ins-ranjit-to-be-decommissioned-on-may-6-2200884.html |website=ZEE News |publisher=ZEE News |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> Her last commanding officer was Captain Vikram C Mehra.<ref name="ranjit-deco" />

During TROPEX-21 exercise of the [[Indian Navy]], the decommissioned ''Ranjit'' was sunk by a torpedo.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|publisher=Republic TV|date=10 February 2021|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/theatre-level-operational-readiness-exercise-tropex-21-indian-navy%E2%80%99s-largest-war-game|title=Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal|last=Berezhnoy|first=S.S.|date=January 1995|title=Советский ВМФ 1945-1995: крейсера, большие противолодочные корабли, эсминцы|trans-title=Soviet Navy, 1945–1995: Cruisers, large anti-submarine ships, and destroyers|journal=Морская коллекция [Morskaya kollektsiya]|language=ru|issue=1|oclc=831205953}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020204003728/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Rajput.html ''Rajput'' class at Bharat-Rakshak.com]

[[File:INS Ranjit (D53).jpg|thumb|300px|left| INS ''Ranjit'']]

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[[Category:Rajput-class destroyers]]
[[Category:Ships built in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:1979 ships]]
[[Category:Destroyers of the Cold War]]

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