INS Lahav

{{short description|Sa'ar 5-class corvette of the Israeli Navy}}

{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=INS Lahav.jpg |Ship caption=INS Lahav with EL/M-2248 MF-STAR installed }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Israel |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Israel|naval}} |Ship name=Lahav |Ship namesake=Blade |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Northrop Grumman by Ingalls Shipbuilding |Ship yard number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=August 1993 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=23 September 1994{{cite web|url=http://www.ss.northropgrumman.com/portfolio/nff/noflashframe001d.html |title=INS Lahav |publisher=Northrop Grumman Ship Systems |accessdate=2008-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323014329/http://www.ss.northropgrumman.com/portfolio/nff/noflashframe001d.html |archivedate=March 23, 2006 }} |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= |Ship status=Active |Ship notes= |Ship badge= 130px }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass2|Sa'ar 5|corvette}} |Ship displacement= 1,227 tonnes (full load) 1,075 tonnes (standard) |Ship length={{convert|85.64|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|11.88|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|3.17|m|ft|2|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*Combined Diesel or Gas 2 MTU V12 1163 TB82 diesel engines General Electric LM2500 gas turbine |Ship speed= {{convert|20|kn|km/h|0}} (diesel engines) {{convert|33|kn|km/h|0}} (gas turbine) |Ship range={{convert|3500|nmi|km

2}} |Ship complement= 64 officers and crewmen 10 aircrew |Ship sensors= EL/M-2248 MF-STAR Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar EDO Type 796 sonar Rafael towed sonar array |Ship EW= Argon ST AN/SLQ-25 Nixie decoy Elbit chaff rocket launchers Rafael RF corner reflector Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR |Ship armament= 1 20mm Phalanx CIWS 8 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 64 Barak 1 surface-to-air missiles 2 Mark 32 SVTTs (6 tubes) |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= Eurocopter Panther |Ship aircraft facilities=Helipad and helicopter hangar |Ship notes= }}

INS Lahav (502) (translated as blade) is a {{sclass2|Sa'ar 5|corvette}} of the Israeli Navy's 3rd Flotilla 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/mideast/israel.htm |title=World Navies today: Israel |publisher=World Navies today |last=Toppan |first=Andrew |accessdate=19 July 2015}}

The contract for the construction of the three ships of the class was signed in the early 1980s. Lahav was the second ship of the class to be launched in 1993 and she was commissioned in September 1994. Lahav took part in the 2006 Lebanon War by blockading Lebanese ports. She has also taken part in numerous NATO exercises including one in April 2008 with the Turkish and American navies.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_%26_Culture/NATOIsrael.html |title=NATO Naval Force Visits Israel for Joint Training Exercise |date=1 April 2008 |publisher=Jewishvirtuallibraries |accessdate=19 July 2015 |archive-date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721172810/http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_%26_Culture/NATOIsrael.html |url-status=dead }}

It took part in the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.

The Israeli Navy chose Lahav as the first Sa'ar 5 corvette to be equipped with the advanced EL/M-2248 MF-STAR radar.

On 23 September 2014 she was presented to the public with the new radar at Haifa naval base.{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2014-news/september-2014-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/2006-israeli-navy-saar-5-class-corvettes-fitted-with-iai-elm-2248-mf-star-multifunction-aesa-radar.html |title= Israeli Navy Sa'ar 5 class corvettes fitted with IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR multifunction AESA radar |work= NavalRecognition.com |date=20 September 2014 |accessdate=19 July 2015}}