INS Sundhudhvaj Decommissioned After 35 Years of Service to Nation

INS Sindhudhvaj bid adieu to the Navy on Saturday after serving for 35 years. Vice-Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Japanese Naval Command, was the chief visitor on the ceremony. The decommissioning was attended by 15 of the previous commanding officers, together with Commodore SP Singh (Retd), the commissioning CO and 26 commissioning crew veterans, a navy launch mentioned.

The submarine crest depicts a gray color nurse shark and the identify means flag-bearer at sea. Sindhudhvaj, because the identify suggests, was the flag-bearer of indigenisation and Navy’s efforts in the direction of reaching ‘Atmanirbharta’ within the Russian-built Sindhughosh class submarines all through her journey within the Navy. She had many a primary to her credit score, together with operationalisation of the indigenised sonar USHUS, indigenised satellite tv for pc communication programs Rukmani and inertial navigation system and indigenised torpedo hearth management system.

She efficiently undertook additionally personnel switch with deep submergence rescue vessel and was solely submarine to be awarded CNS Rolling trophy for Innovation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The standard ceremony was performed at sundown, with an overcast sky including to the solemnity of the event when the Decommissioning Pennant was lowered and the submarine was paid off after an excellent patrol of 35 years.

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