501 Eilat

Country:  Israel

Class, [Type]: Sa’ar V, [FFL].

Builder: Northrop Grumman, Pascagoula, Mississipi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 09 February 1992.

Commission date: 24 May 1994.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.075 standard, 1.275 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 85,64 x 11,88 x 3,17

Main machinery: CODOG: 1 x GE LM-2500 gas turbine ( 30.000 hp ), 2 x MTU 12V1163 TB82 diesels ( 3.000 hp each ).

Speed ( knots ): 33, 20 on diesels.

Range ( miles ): 3.500 at 17 knots.

Complement: 74 ( 20 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 20mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, 2 x 20mm/70 Oerlikon, 4 x 7,62mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x RGM-84C Harpoon; SAM: 8 x 8-round Barak VLS groups ( 64 missiles ).

Torpedoes: 2 x triple 324mm Mk 32 ( Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes ).

Radar: Surface search: 1 x Cardion SPS-55; Air search: 1 x Elta EL/M-2228S, 3-D; Fire Control: 2 x Elta EL/M-2221 GM STGR, 1 x Mk 90 ( CIWS ).

Sonar: EDO Type 796 Mod. 1, hull-mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: Elbit DESEAVER decoy system, SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; ESM/ECM: Elisra NS-9003A ( intercept ), Tadiran NATACS MMI COMINT, 2 x Rafael RAN-1010 ( jammers ).

Helicopter: 1 x AS.565SA Atelef.

Comment: Original plan was to order eight units, this was later reduced to four, and finally only three were ordered.