INS Jalashva
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 INS Jalashva, while still in U.S. Navy service as USS Trenton, Port Everglades, Florida, 2004 |
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| Career (India) |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | n/a |
| Launched: | n/a |
| Acquired: | 17 January 2007 (formerly USS Trenton |
| Status: | Active service |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 8894 tons light, 16590 tons full, 7696 tons dead |
| Length: | 173.7 meters (570 feet) overall, 167 meters (548 feet) waterline |
| Beam: | 30.4 meters (100 feet) extreme, 25.6 meters (84 feet) waterline |
| Draught: | 6.7 meters (22 feet) maximum, 7 meters (23 feet) limit |
| Speed: | 21 knots |
| Complement: | 28 officers, 480 men, 1436 marines |
| Armament: | 4 × 3 in / 50 caliber AA gun mounts |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
INS Jalashva is an amphibious transport dock currently in service with the Indian Navy. In early 2006, there were numerous press reports that the Indian Navy was negotiating with the United States for the purchase of this vessel. These reports later turned out to be true when the Indian government announced it will purchase USS Trenton for Rs 2.18 billion ($ 48.44 million). The US Government later revealed it had asked their Indian counterparts to keep this agreement under wraps as they felt it would arm the Non-Proliferation Activists and threaten the passage of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal.[1] The Indian Navy took possession of the ship on 17 January 2007 in Norfolk, Virginia after signing the transfer agreement by Commodore P Murugesan, Naval Attache, Embassy of India, Washington DC and the Rear Admiral Garry E Hall of US Navy.[2]. The Indian Navy has renamed the USS Trenton as the INS Jalashva (river horse, or hippopotamus) and plans to keep it at Norfolk Naval Base for refitting until May 2007.[3] Six H-3 Sea King maritime utility transport helicopters will be operated from the ship.[4] The ship likely to be based at Visakhapatnam under the Eastern Naval Command.
[edit] References
- ^ "India to buy $50 million ship from US", DNA India, 2006-08-25. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
- ^ "U.S. Navy Decoms Trenton, Transfers to Indian Navy", U.S Navy, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ "Indian Navy takes charge of US ship Trenton", Times of India, 2007-01-18. Retrieved on 2007-01-18.
- ^ "Indian navy buys six former US Navy Sea King helicopters", Rotorhub. Retrieved on 2007-01-05.
