Indian
Navy inducts landing craft utility ship
The Navy said the ship would be based in the Andaman
and Nicobar command and can be deployed for multirole activities like search
and rescue as well as disaster relief operations.
The Navy inducted a landing craft utility ship which
will be deployed for a variety of activities including transporting battle
tanks and other heavy weapons systems.
The ship - LCU L52 - was
commissioned by Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jagdish Mukhi at an
event in Port Blair.
The LCU L52 is the second
Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV class to be inducted into the Indian Navy.
The ship has been indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders
and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata
The primary role of LCU MK-IV ship is
to transport and deploy main battle tanks, armoured vehicles, troops and
equipment from ship to shore.
The Navy said the ship would be based in the Andaman
and Nicobar command and can be deployed for multirole activities like search
and rescue as well as disaster relief operations.
It said the ship is
capable of transporting various kinds of combat equipment such as main battle
tanks Arjun, T72 and other vehicles.
The remaining six ships
of the same class are in advanced stages of construction at GRSE, Kolkata and
are scheduled to be inducted in the next two years
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