INS Gomati (F21)

History
India
Name	INS Gomati
Namesake	Gomti River
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched	19 March 1984
Commissioned	16 April 1988
Decommissioned	28 May 2022
Fate	Museum ship (to be dismantled and displayed in Lucknow)
General characteristics
Class and type	Godavari-class frigate
Displacement	3,600 long tons (3,658 t) standard; 3,860 long tons (3,922 t) full load;
Length	126.4 m (415 ft)
Beam	14.5 m (48 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 turbines with 30,000 hp motors; 2 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Signaal D-band radar; 1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar; 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation; Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar; BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array);
Armament	4 × P-20M anti-ship missiles in single-tube launchers; Barak SAM system; 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun (replaced 1 x 2 57 mm AK-725 gun; 4 × AK-230 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only); 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244-S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters; Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Chetak;

INS Gomati (F21) was a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of Indian Navy.

Career

The ship was built by Mazagon Dock Ltd in Mumbai and has an indigenous content of 72%. After her mid-life upgrade in 2011, the ship has been fitted with new weapons and sensors, which include the Barak surface-to-air missile system, an Oto Melara 76 mm gun, HUMSA sonar^[2] and Advanced Ship Control System for UAVs. On March 28, 2019, an Indian Navy personnel onboard INS Gomati died during weapons firing drills at sea.^[3] Gomati was decommissioned on 28 May 2022 after 34 years of service.^[4] The ship will be formally transferred to the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 28 May 2022, following which it will be completely dismantled and transported to Lucknow where it will be installed as the "Gomati Shaurya Smarak," a museum of Gomati's service career.^[5]