Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers rolls out final Anti-Submarine Warfare warship
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers rolls out final Anti-Submarine Warfare vessel
These versatile platforms can participate in a variety of naval operations
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Published 21.07.25, 05:07 PM
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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) launched the 8th and last ship in a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW SWCs), it is building for the Navy, on Monday, July 21
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The ship, named Ajay, was launched by Priya Deshmukh, wife of Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy
Photos: Soumyajit Dey
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Present, among others, were Cmde P R Hari IN (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, GRSE, Cdr Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd), Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE, Shri Abhishek Ranjan, IOFS, CVO, GRSE, and senior officials from Indian Navy & GRSE
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While the primary role of these unique ASWSWCs is to keep the waters near the coasts clear of enemy submarines, they are versatile platforms and can participate in a variety of operations
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This launch connects past with present: INS Ajay, originally delivered in 1961 as India’s first indigenous warship built by GRSE, set the path for domestic defence shipbuilding. Today’s Ajay, carries forward that proud heritage
