Army chief commissions INS Kavaratti

INS Kavaratti, the final of the 4 indigenously constructed Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes constructed underneath Project 28 (Kamorta class), by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, was formally inducted into the Indian Navy on the Naval Dockyard in Eastern Naval Command, right here on Thursday.

It was commissioned into the Indian Navy by General Manoj Mukund Naravane, Chief of the Army Staff, within the presence of Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Rear Admiral Vipin Kumar Saxena (Retd), CMD, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited, Kolkata, and different dignitaries

The ship, named after the capital of the Lakshadweep group of islands, has been constructed utilizing high-grade DMR 249A metal produced in India.

The ship spans 109 metres in size, 14 metres in breadth with a displacement of 3300 tonnes and is thought to be one of the vital potent Anti-Submarine Warships to have been constructed in India. It joins three different ships of the identical class INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt and INS Kiltan, on the ENC. Experts say that the induction of the ASW corvettes will probably be a sport changer within the jap seaboard, particularly with the Chinese submarines attempting to make sorties within the Indian Ocean.

With the superstructure constructed utilizing composite materials, the ship is propelled by 4 diesel engines. The ship has enhanced stealth options leading to lowered Radar Cross Section (RCS) achieved by X type of superstructure together with optimally sloped surfaces. The ship’s superior stealth options make her much less prone to detection by the enemy.

The ship has excessive indigenous content material with the state-of-the-art gear and methods to struggle in Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare situations. Also, the weapons and sensors suite onboard is pre-dominantly indigenous. Some of the main gear/ methods developed indigenously embrace Combat Management System, Torpedo Tube Launchers and Infra-Red Signature Suppression System and and many others.

Other superior automation methods embrace Total Atmospheric Control System (TACS), Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS), Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Battle Damage Control System (BDCS) and Personnel Locator System (PLS).

Having accomplished sea trials of all her gear, Kavaratti has been commissioned as a completely combat-ready platform offering a lift to the ASW functionality of the Indian Navy.

The ship is manned by a group comprising twelve officers and 134 sailors with Commander Sandeep Singh on the helm as her first Commanding Officer. The ship could be an integral a part of the Eastern Fleet underneath the Eastern Naval Command.

The ship is the reincarnation of the erstwhile Arnala Class missile corvette of the identical title (INS Kavaratti – P 80), a ship that outlived her life span and performed a stellar position in Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

Earlier, Gen.l Naravane was introduced a guard of honour on arrival on the Naval Jetty. The inaugural deal with was delivered by Rear Admiral Saxena (Retd), CMD, GRSE, Kolkata. Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, FOC-in-C, ENC, addressed the gathering which was adopted by studying out the Commissioning Warrant of the Ship by the Commanding Officer, Commander Sandeep Singh.