INS Rana ( D52 ) INS " Rana " ( D52 ) is a Rajput class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy . She was commissioned on 28 June 1982 . She is a redesigned Soviet " Kashin " class guided missile destroyer . Previously , a destroyer of the same name ( D115 ) served in the Indian Navy from 1949 to 1976 . This was the R or " Rotherham " class destroyer named HMS Raider ( H15 ) that the Indian Navy had bought in 1948 . Service history . INS Rana serves in the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy . Her home port is Visakhapatnam . With , she made a call at Qingdao Port , PRC in mid - April 2007 . In April 2008 , she visited Bangkok , Thailand with . Later that month she visited Manila , Philippines . On 5 and 6 June 2010 , she made a friendly visit to Fremantle , Australia to enhance bilateral cooperation between the Indian and Australian navies . South China Sea and the North West Pacific . The ships , as part of a battle group of 4 ships began a sustained operational deployment to the South China Sea and the North West Pacific Ocean . the other three ships were INS Shakti , a Deepak - class fleet tanker , INS Shivalik , a stealth frigate , and INS Karmuk , a Kora class corvette . This battle group was under the command of Rear Admiral P Ajit Kumar , Flag Officer Commanding , Eastern Naval Command . According to the Ministry of Defence , the two - month deployment , far from India ' s usual area of operations , along with naval exercises with a number of countries , aimed to demonstrate the Indian navy ' s operational reach . During the deployment the battle group participated in passage exercises with the navies of the countries visited . The ' Passage Exercises ' focussed on maritime security cooperation , which included humanitarian aid & disaster relief ( HADR ) operations and ' Visit , Board , Search and Seizure ' ( VBSS ) drills for anti - piracy operations . These exercises aimed to increase naval inter - operability , enabling the two navies to function together smoothly during possible HADR operations . In addition , during the port visits , the Fleet Commander along with the Commanding Officers of the ships met high - ranking officials of the Navy , state administration , port management , coastal security organization , police , and other stakeholders of maritime security in the countries visited , to share professional experiences and exchange best practices in areas of mutual interest . JIMEX 2012 . The ship was deployed in the $ 3 for JIMEX 2012 ( Japan - India Maritime Exercise ) with the four ship group , and took part in India ' s first bi - lateral maritime exercise with Japan . The Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force ( JMSDF ) was represented by two destroyers , one maritime patrol aircraft and a helicopter . The four ships entered Tokyo on 05 Jun 12 after visiting Singapore , Vietnam , Philippines and Republic of Korea . They stayed in Tokyo for 3 days . This visit coincides with commemoration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan . Vice Admiral Anil Chopra , Flag Officer Commanding - in - Chief Eastern Naval Command also visited Tokyo to witness the first JIMEX . Southeast Asia . After the deployment in the North pacific , the battle group was deployed in the South China Sea . As part of India ' s " Look East " policy , the ships visited the Shanghai port on 13 June 2012 , for a five - day goodwill tour . INS " Shakti " served as the fuel and logistics tanker to the three destroyers . The ships left the port on June 17 , 2012 . Before leaving the port , the ships conducted routine passage exercise with the People ' s Liberation Army Navy . After the visits to Singapore , Vietnam , Philippines , Japan , South Korea and China , the ships visited Port Klang , Malaysia . This was the last port call of the battle group , after which it returned to the Eastern fleet of the Indian Navy , after being on a two month long deployment which started in May 2012 .