INS Sundhudhvaj decommissioned after 35 years of service
INS Sindhudhvaj, a Russian-made Sindhughosh class submarine bid adieu to the Indian Navy on Saturday serving for a glorious period of 35 years.
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Visakhapatnam: INS Sindhudhvaj, a Russian-made Sindhughosh class submarine bid adieu to the Indian Navy on Saturday serving for a glorious period of 35 years. Vice Adm Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command was the chief guest at the ceremony.
The decommissioning event was attended by 15 of the former Commanding Officers including SP Singh (retd), the Commissioning Commanding Officer and 26 commissioning crew veterans.
The submarine crest depicts a gray colour nurse shark and the name means flag bearer at sea. Sindhudhvaj, as the name suggests, was the flag bearer of indigenisation and Indian Navy's efforts towards achieving Atmanirbharta in the Russian-built Sindhughosh class submarines throughout her journey in the Navy. She had many firsts to her credit including operationalisation of the indigenised sonar USHUS, Indigenised satellite communication systems Rukmani and MSS, Inertial Navigation System and Indigenised Torpedo Fire Control System.
She also successfully undertook mating and personnel transfer with deep submergence rescue vessel and only submarine to be awarded Chief of Naval Staff rolling trophy for innovation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The traditional ceremony was conducted at sunset, with an overcast sky adding to the solemnity of the occasion when the decommissioning pennant was lowered and the submarine was paid off after a glorious patrol of 35 years.
