INS Romach (1981)

INS Romach is an Israeli missile boat, one of ten s. She was launched in 1981 by Israel Shipyards at the Port of Haifa. She has been a part of Israeli Navy since October 1981.

Construction 
Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats are a bigger version of the . New ships were longer, so they take an augmented armament.

INS Romach was built at the Israel Shipyards in Port of Haifa. She was launched on 30 October 1981.

Description 

The length of INS Romach is , the breadth is  and the draught is . Romach, as other Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats, has a flush deck, short superstructure located in front of the midship and freeboard. The main propulsion machinery are four compression-ignition MTU 16V538 TB93 engines, the total power of them is . The flank speed of this ship is ; the range is  at a speed of about  and  at . The full load displacement is 488 tonnes.

The primary armament is two quadruple launchers of American Harpoon anti-ship missiles, allocated directly behind the superstructure. The missile is able to reach , the speed is  and the weight of the warhead is . There are also six single launchers of Israeli Gabriel Mark II missiles allocated behind them with a  warhead and a range of about . In service, the Israeli Navy set two 8-fold anti-aircraft Barak 1 launchers with the range of a projectile of , making the armament identical to one in .

The secondary armament consists of single, dual purpose gun OTO Melara 76 mm, allocated abaft in a gun turret. The weight of the projectile is , the range is  and the rate of fire is 85 rounds per minute (RPM). The angle of elevation is 85°. There are also two single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon with a range of  and rate of fire of 900 RPM and one double (or quadruple) station for M2 Browning machine guns. The bow is armed with close-in weapon system, Phalanx CIWS. The rate of fire is 3,000 RPM, and the range is .

References 

Category:1981 ships
Category:Ships built in Israel
Category:Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats
Category:Naval ships of Israel
Category:Missile boats of the Israeli Navy