Port
Blair, Dec 19: Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, AVSM, VSM,
today commissioned IN LCU L-55 Ship into service in a ceremony at Haddo Naval
Jetty, Port Blair. IN LCU L-55 is the latest Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mark-
IV series ship.
The
commissioning ceremony was conducted as per Naval traditions and witnessed by
many senior officers from the Indian Navy, Army, Air Force and other
dignitaries including Rear Admiral VK Saxena (Retd) Chief Managing Director of
M/s Garden Reach Ship Builders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, Kolkata.
INLCU
L-55 is the fifth of the eight LCU Mark-IV ships designed and built by M/s GRSE
Ltd., Kolkata. Four ships of the same class, INLCU L-51 to L-54 have already
been commissioned till date. Speaking at the occasion, the chief guest Vice
Admiral Ajit Kumar P reiterated the importance of indigenization &
self-reliance in ship building and congratulated M/s GRSE to have delivered
another fine warship to the Indian Nay.
The
ship is equipped with state of the art systems like Integrated Platform
Management System and Integrated Bridge Management System. The ship is also
fitted with an Electronic Warfare suite, and day/ night capable armament
systems. Displacing nearly 1,000 Tonnes, with an endurance of over 1,500
nautical miles, the ship is capable of moving at maximum speed of 15 knots.
The
primary role of this ship is to transport, deploy and recover troops and
armament from ship to shore and vice versa, during amphibious operations. In
addition, the ship will be deployed for maritime security of the A&N
islands, as well as for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
missions. Induction of the ship will significantly enhance the sealift
capability of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. The ship is being commanded by
Lieutenant Commander Abhishek Kumar and has been placed under the
Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command.
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