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Why so old!! 40yrs
by Jayan on Jan 18, 2007 12:32 AM

Awarded: May 17, 1965
Keel laid: August 8, 1966
Launched: August 3, 1968
Commissioned: March 6, 1971
Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash.
Propulsion system: two boilers, two steam turbines
Propellers: two
Length: 569 feet (173.4 meters)
Beam: 105 feet (32 meters)
Draft: 23 feet (7 meters)
Draft: ballasted: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 16,900 tons
Speed: 21 knots

God! why should India needs 40 years olds outdated ship?. Is indian Navy that outdated?

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