Sa'ar 72-class Corvette

Sa'ar 72 (Hebrew: סער 72‎) is a new class of Israeli Navy corvettes designed and being built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. as an improved and stretched version of the Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats. The first Sa'ar-72 is expected to become operational in 2015. Subsequent vessels are planned to enter service at the rate of one every eight months.

Specifications

 * Type: Corvette
 * Service Period: 2016-
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 236.22 feet (72 meters)
 * Beam: 33.63 feet (10.25 meters)
 * Draft: 9.84 feet (3 meters)
 * Displacement: 800 tonnes
 * Crew: 50
 * Propulsion: 2 x MTU 16V1163M94 V16 diesel engines, 15,878 bph (11,840 kW)
 * Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 * Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * IAI Elta EL/M-2258 Advanced Lightweight Phased Array (ALPHA) multi-mission naval radar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Armament:
 * 1 x Otobreda 76mm/62-caliber naval gun
 * 16 x Barak-8 SAMs
 * 8 x Gabriel AShMs
 * 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 SVTT (fires Mk.46/54 lightweight torpedoes)
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x AW139 class helicopter
 * Aviation Facilities: 15.3 meter helipad and enclosed hangar

Unit Run

 * INS Reshef
 * INS Akko
 * INS Misgav