LAUNCH OF YARD 2096
New Delhi, 07 December 2015
The fifth ship of LCU MK IV project, was
launched on 07 Dec 15 at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd, Kolkata.
The chief guest, Vice Admiral AV Subhedar,
AVSM, VSM, Chief of Material, Chairman & Managing Director GRSE and various
other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Rear Admiral AK Verma (Retd), VSM, Chairman
& Managing Director, GRSE Ltd, commenced the proceedings with a formal
welcome, which was followed by an address by the Chief Guest.
Vice Admiral AV Subhedar asserted that the
Indian Navy has been supporting the drive for indigenous construction of
warships leading to advancement of our shipbuilding industry and acknowledged
the role of GRSE as a reliable partner in pursuing the national goal of ‘Make
in India’. He further stated that Indian Navy is eagerly looking forward
towards induction of LCU-MKIV class of ships, which would be based at Port
Blair. He extended warm felicitations to the entire team of the GRSE for their
significant contribution towards meeting the Navy’s growing requirement of
state of the art warships.
In accordance with the traditions,
invocations from Atharva Veda were recited and Smt Rohini Subhedar, wife of
Vice Admiral AV Subhedar, applied ‘Kumkum’ on the ship’s stem. She, thereafter,
named the ship as ‘LCU-L55’, wished the ship good luck and launched the vessel.
LCU L-55 is the fifth vessel in the series of
eight Landing Craft Utility Ships being designed and built by M/s GRSE for the
Indian Navy. The ship can be deployed for multirole activities like beaching
operations, humanitarian and disaster relief operations and evacuation from
distant islands. The first ship of the class ‘LCU-L51’ was launched on 12 March
14 and is presently undergoing trials at GRSE. The vessel is likely to be
delivered shortly to Indian Navy.
LAUNCH OF YARD 2096
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