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INS Rana (D52)
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INS Rana (D52) is the second of the five Rajput class destroyer
s built for the Indian Navy
. INS Rana was commissioned on 28 June 1982. She is a redesigned type of the Soviet Kashin class destroyer
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Rajput class destroyer
The Rajput class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design...
s built for the Indian Navy
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...
. INS Rana was commissioned on 28 June 1982. She is a redesigned type of the Soviet Kashin class destroyer
Kashin class destroyer
The Kashin class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61...
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