 INS Oz in May 2021 | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Oz |
| Ordered | May 2015 |
| Builder | |
| Launched | 24 August 2019 |
| Acquired | 4 May 2021 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sa'ar 6-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load [1] |
| Length | 90 m (295 ft 3 in) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) [2] |
| Sensors and processing systems | EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar |
| Armament |
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INS Oz is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy. She is the second ship of her class.
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]
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]
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