INS Godavari to be decommissioned on December 23

December 21, 2015 19:29

The country's first indigenously designed and built warship Indian Naval Ship (INS) Godavari will be decommissioned on December 23, thirty-two years after it was commissioned into the Indian Navy.

"With her decommissioning INS Godavari will complete its full life cycle, meeting all responsibilities and duties assigned, proving the success of Indian ship design and construction," a defence release stated.

Over the past three decades, Godavari has successfully been deployed in numerous operations including 'Operation Jupiter' - 1988 (Sri Lanka), 'Operation Shield' and 'Operation Bolster' --1994 (de-induction of Indian Army from Somalia) and 'Patrol of Gulf of Aden' (PoG) --2009 and 2011 (anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden), it said.

In 1988, in an operation called 'Operation Cactus', India successfully thwarted a coup d'tat against Maldivian Government, the release added.

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