Name Eilat Status Active Beam 11.88 m (38.98 ft) Length 86 m Builder Ingalls Shipbuilding | Commissioned 21 May 1994 Class and type Sa'ar 5-class corvette Launched February 1993 Range 6.482 million m | |
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Displacement 1,227 tonnes (full load)
1,075 tonnes (standard) | ||
INS Eilat (501) is a Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli Navy that was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 1993. She is one of three Sa'ar 5-class corvettes in service with the Israeli Navy and her homeport is Haifa, Israel. The contract for the construction of the three ships of the class was signed in the early 1980s. Eilat was the first of the three ships to be launched and commissioned, being the first in her class.
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