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The Indian Navy commissioned INS Androth, the 2nd Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), present astatine the Naval Dockyard successful Visakhapatnam connected Monday (October 6). The archetypal vessel to beryllium commissioned successful this class was INS Arnala earlier successful June.
The ceremonial was presided implicit by Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, successful the beingness of elder naval officers, representatives of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, and distinguished civilian dignitaries.
INS Androth, with implicit 80% indigenous content, underscores the Indian Navy’s sustained efforts successful perpetually enhancing indigenous contented done homegrown solutions and innovative technologies.
The vessel has a magnitude of 77m and displaces astir 1,500 tonnes.
INS Androth is specially designed to undertake anti-submarine operations successful coastal and shallow waters. The vessel, a state-of-the-art submarine hunter, is fitted with precocious weapons, sensors, and connection systems, enabling it to detect, way and neutralise sub-surface threats with precision. It tin prolong prolonged operations successful shallow waters and is equipped with technologically precocious machinery and power systems.
Powered by 3 waterjet propulsion systems driven by marine diesel engines, INS Androth is built to beryllium highly agile and manoeuvrable. Its capabilities see maritime surveillance, hunt and rescue, coastal defence missions, and Low Intensity Maritime Operations (LIMO) making it a versatile level for littoral operations.
The commissioning of INS Androth adds a important punch to the Navy’s ASW capabilities, peculiarly successful countering threats posed by adversaries successful the littorals. The ship’s induction underscores the Navy’s continued accent connected indigenisation, innovation, and capableness enhancement, portion reaffirming the captious publication of GRSE successful strengthening India’s maritime information architecture, said Vice Admiral Pendharkar.
The vessel has been named aft Androth, the northernmost land of the Lakshadweep group, known for its humanities and strategical value successful India’s maritime domain.
Vice Admiral Pendharkar emphasised the strategical value of indigenously built platforms specified arsenic INS Androth successful strengthening India’s maritime prowess and safeguarding nationalist interests.
As portion of the Atmanirbhar initiative, Steel Authority of India Limited has supplied the full request of special-grade alloy for the ship.
SAIL has notably supplied the afloat quantity of peculiar people alloy — including HR Sheets and Plates — for the 8 ASW-SWC, including INS Arnala and INS Androth, being built by GRSE.
The alloy was sourced from SAIL’s plants successful Bokaro, Bhilai and Rourkela.
