22 November 2021
India commissions first Project 15B destroyer
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The Indian Navy has commissioned its first Project 15B guided-missile destroyer.
The vessel, INS Visakhapatnam (D66), was inducted into service on 21 November at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, the Indian Ministry of Defence announced on the same day. The destroyer was launched in 2015 and handed over to the Indian Navy in October 2021.
At the vessel's commissioning ceremony, Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh described Visakhapatnam as a symbol of the country's “growing maritime prowess” and that it is “one of the most technologically advanced guided-missile destroyers in the world”.
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The Indian Navy has commissioned its first Project 15B guided-missile destroyer.
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