INS Ganga (F22)

INS Ganga
History
India
Name:	INS Ganga
Namesake:	Ganga River (the Ganges)
Builder:	Mazagon Dock Limited
Commissioned:	30 December 1985
Identification:	F22
Status:	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Godavari-class frigate
Displacement:	3600 tons standard, 3850 tons full load
Length:	126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam:	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught:	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	2 turbines with 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors; 2 550 psi (3,800 kPa) boilers; 2 shafts
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h)
Range:	4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
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
Armament:	4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx) AShMs in single-tube launchers Barak SAM system 2 × 57 mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation 4 × AK-230 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only) 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	2 helicopters Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Chetak

INS Ganga (F22) is a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of the Indian Navy. Built in Mumbai by Mazagon Dock Limited, she was commissioned on 30 December 1985.

Operations

UNOSOM II

While the UN Security Council Resolution 954, extended the UN mandate for UNOSOM II in Somalia to March 1995, the United States and other NATO members of the mission abandoned the peacekeeping effort and withdrew from Somalia over a year earlier. As the mission approached its scheduled end, the situation on the ground continued to deteriorate. With no other international support forthcoming, INS Ganga along with INS Godavari and INS Shakti were deployed to Mogadishu in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the Indian Army's 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (2 JAKLI).^[1]

References

Ship classes of the Indian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Vikrant (Majestic) Viraat (Centaur) Vikramaditya (Kiev) Vikrant *
Destroyers	Rajput Delhi Kolkata Visakhapatnam *
Frigates	Nilgiri Godavari Brahmaputra Talwar Shivalik Project 17A *
Corvettes	Arnala Veer Abhay Khukri Kora Kamorta Abhay-class replacement *
Nuclear submarines	Attack Charlie + Akula-II Indian SSN * Ballistic Missile Arihant *
Conventional submarines	Kalvari (1967) + Vela + Sindhughosh Shishumar Kalvari * Project 75I *
Midget submarines	Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle *
Amphibious warfare ships	Kumbhir Magar Shardul Jalashwa Indian MRSV *
Research and survey vessels	Makar Sandhayak Sagardhwani
Patrol craft	Seaward Sukanya Super Dvora Mk II Trinkat Bangaram Car Nicobar Saryu
Minesweeper	Pondicherry
Replenishment ship	Deepak Komandarm Fedko Aditya Ambika
Tugboats	Anand Anjan Arga Balram Bhim Gaj Madan Singh
Ferries	GSL Manoram Shalimar *
Barges	Poshak Vipul * Modest * Corporated * Hooghly *
Training	Tir ABG-class Cadet Training Ship
+ Decommissioned * Under construction/procurement ** Proposed/Design phase List of active Indian Navy ships Submarines of the Indian Navy List of ships of the Indian Navy

Frigates of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Shivalik class Shivalik Satpura Sahyadri Talwar class Talwar (F40) Trishul (F43) Tabar Teg Tarkash Trikand Brahmaputra class Brahmaputra (F31) Betwa (F39) Beas (F37) Godavari class Ganga Gomati
Decommissioned ships	Frigates River class HMIS Tamar HMIS Neza HMIS Dhanush[lower-alpha 1] HMIS Shamsher[lower-alpha 2] HMIS Kukri[lower-alpha 3] HMIS Bengal[lower-alpha 4] HMIS Hooghly[lower-alpha 5] HMIS Tir[lower-alpha 6] Blackwood class Khukri Kirpan[lower-alpha 7] Kuthar[lower-alpha 8] Whitby class Talwar (F140) Trishul (F143) Leopard class Brahmaputra (1958) Beas (1960) Betwa (1960) Nilgiri class Nilgiri Himgiri Udaygiri Dunagiri Vindhyagiri Taragiri Leander class Krishna Godavari class Godavari Sloops (later reclassified as frigates) Anchusa class HMIS Elphinstone P class HMIS Baluchi HMIS Pathan Grimsby class HMIS Indus Aubretia class HMIS Cornwallis Black Swan class HMIS Narbada[lower-alpha 9] HMIS Godaveri[lower-alpha 10] HMIS Cauvery[lower-alpha 11] HMIS Sutlej[lower-alpha 12] HMIS Jumna[lower-alpha 13] HMIS Kistna[lower-alpha 14] Hastings class HMIS Hindustan[lower-alpha 15] Other sloops HMIS Clive HMIS Lawrence
Future ships	Project 17A class 7 ships planned (Names to be declared)
Footnotes ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher. ↑ Renamed as INS Kukri post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Bengal post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Tir post republic. ↑ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. ↑ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind. ↑ Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Krisna post republic. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.