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SA'AR (PTG) class

Country of Origin: Israel

ship list


 1 SA'AR 4 class GUIDED MISSILE PATROL CRAFT (PTG)

 Name          Pendant       Launched         Commissioned     Status

 ATZMAUT       .....         Dec. 3, 1978     Feb. 1979        Active

description

A very popular design. Two are active in the Sri Lankan navy, seven units were built for export to South Africa and four ex-Israeli units were purchased by the Chilean navy (three remain active),

status

The vessel was recently reported as active.

builders


 Israel Shipyard, Haifa, Israel

characteristics


 Displacement:       415 tons standard
                     450 tons full load
 Dimensions:
      length         190 ft  6 in (58.1 m) overall
      beam            24 ft 10 in ( 7.6 m)
      draft            7 ft  9 in ( 2.4 m) maximum
 Propulsion:         4 MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels; 14,000 total
                       bhp; 4 shafts
 Performance:
      speed          32 knots
      range          1,650 nm at 30 kts.; 4,000 nm at 17.5 kts
 Manning:            45 total
 Combat Systems:
      missiles       2 twin HARPOON (RGM-84C) SSM launchers
                       [4 missiles carried]
                     6 or 8 Gabriel-II SSM launchers [6 or 8 Gabriel-II
                       missiles carried]
      guns           1 76-mm/62 cal. OTO/Melara Compact DP
                     1 20-mm Phalanx (Mark 15) Gatling CIWS
                     2 20-mm/70 cal. Oerlikon AA
                     4 12.7-mm machine guns
      radars         1 Thales Neptune TH-D 1040 air/surface search
      fire control   1 Alenia Orion RTN-10X gun fire control
      EW             1 Elisra NS 9003/5 intercept/jammer suite
                     1 NACTAS communications intercept
                     1 45-tube trainable decoy rocket launcher
                     4 or 6 24-tube fixed rocket launchers
                     1 smoke rocket launcher

issues and notes

None.

operational notes

None.

variants alternative

-Israeli RESHEF class,++,-Sri Lankan NANDIMITHRA (P-701) class,++,-Chilean CASMA (LM-30) class,++,-South African WARRIOR (P-1561) class

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