Built in USA, these corvettes are the main strength of the Israeli Navy Specifications 74crew 1227full load (tn) 85length (m) 12beam (m) 3.17draught (m) 3500range (nm) 33max speed (knots) 2Naval Engine diesel - MTU1Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500 1Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG 1Missile Launcher Barak SAM8Missile Launcher Gabriel Antiship missile2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon 1Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm 1Chaff and decoys AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Aircraft Typical Max Israeli Navy EC AS565MA Panther 11 Shipyards Ingalls Shipbuilding - 3 List of Ships Filter: AllIL - Israeli Navy .......... 3 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 1994--Israeli Navy501INS Eilat1994--Israeli Navy502INS Lahav1995--Israeli Navy503INS Hanit3 units Events 1992-feb-24Laid downLaid down 501 INS Eilat 1992-sep-25Laid downLaid down 502 INS Lahav 1993-feb-09LaunchedLaunched 501 INS Eilat 1993-apr-05Laid downLaid down 503 INS Hanit 1993-augLaunchedLaunched 502 INS Lahav 1994-mar-04LaunchedLaunched 503 INS Hanit 1994-may-21CommissionedCommissioned 501 INS Eilat 1994-sep-23CommissionedCommissioned 502 INS Lahav 1995-feb-07CommissionedCommissioned 503 INS Hanit