INS Kochi

INS Kochi is a 6,800 ton guided-missile stealth destroyer and the second of the Kolkata class destroyers (Project 15A) of the Indian Navy. She is the second of 3 multi-role destroyers of the type under construction. In keeping with the tradition of the Navy, the warship was launched by Madhulika Verma, wife of Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, at 11.20 a.m. September 18, 2009 from the Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai.

The 2nd and 3rd (foreground) Project 15A Kolkata Class destroyer being built at Mazagon Docks Ltd, Mumbai.
Career	Indian Navy
Operator:	Indian Navy
Builder:	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched:	18 September 2009
General characteristics
Displacement:	6,800 tons
Length:	163 meters
Beam:	17.4 meters
Speed:	30+ knots
Sensors and processing systems:	Multi-function radar system,Humsa-NG hull mounted sonar and a Nagin active towed array sonar
Armament:	1 x 130 mm gun 2x8 Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missiles 48 cell Barak 8 SAM 16 Barak 1 SAM 4 x 30 mm AK-630 rapid fire gatling guns[1] twin-tube torpedo launchers anti-submarine rocket launchers[1]
Aircraft carried:	2 Sea King and Dhruv Helicopters