INS Oz

INS Oz in May 2021
History
Israel
Name
  • Oz
  • (עוז)
NamesakeOz
OrderedMay 2015
Builder
Launched24 August 2019
Acquired4 May 2021
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General characteristics
Class and typeSa'ar 6-class corvette
Displacement1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[1]
Length90 m (295 ft 3 in)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)[2]
Sensors and
processing systems		EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar
Armament

INS Oz is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla. She is the second ship of her class.

Development and design

Main article: Sa'ar 6-class corvette

The Sa'ar 6-class corvettes' design is loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8[3] and the naval Iron Dome system. Elbit Systems has been awarded the contract to design and build the electronic warfare (EW) suites for the ships.[citation needed]

The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and are 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. They are armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 40 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel V,[4][5] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.[6]

Construction and career

She was launched on 24 August 2019 at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She was handed over to Israeli Navy on 4 May 2021.[7][8] In Haifa in September 2022, the vessel's 76/62 rapid-fire main gun was ceremonially accepted for her and her sister ship Magen.[9] Later in the month a Gabriel V anti-ship missile was successfully test-fired from the corvette.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Israeli Navy INS Magen corvette officially named". shephardmedia.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ^ [1] 26 May 2019 Archived 15 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Opall-Rome, Barbara (4 August 2016). "Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards". defensenews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Dombe, Ami Rojkes (29 September 2020). "Sea-to-sea missile test conducted". israeldefense.co.il. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ Adamcyzk, Ed (25 September 2020). "Israel tests new sea-to-sea missile". UPI. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes for Israeli Navy Unveiled", navyrecognition.com, 23 August 2015, archived from the original on 6 June 2016, retrieved 27 January 2021
  7. ^ Newdick, Thomas (12 November 2020). "Israel Has Taken Delivery Of Its Most Capable Warship Ever". The Drive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ "TKMS Hand over Second SA'AR 6 Corvette to the Israeli Navy". 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Israeli Navy Accepts Leonardo Main Gun for Saar 6 corvettes". 15 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Israeli Navy test-fires Gabriel V anti-ship missile from Sa'ar 6 corvette". 22 September 2022.