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ICGS Vikram
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- The first indigenously developed offshore patrol vessel - ICGS Vikram - was commissioned into the Indian Coast Guard at Kattupalli Port near Ennore of Chennai.
- The platform, which has been named ICGS Vikram with pennant number 33, was officially inducted on 11th April.
- The ship’s construction design and construction processes have undergone dual certifications from the American Bureau of Shipping and Indian Registrar of Shipping.
- The ICGS Vikram, designed and built by Larsen and Toubro, is the ‘First of Class’ of seven new generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) contracted by defence ministry to L&T in March 2015, under government’s initiative of ‘Make in India.’
- Vikram inherits the name and hull number of the first ship in a class of nine that was in service with the ICG since 1983 and began retiring in 2012.
- The service currently operates a single ship, ICGS Vigraha, in this older class of vessels.
- The ICGS Vikram class OPVs are long-range surface ships, equipped to handle helicopter operations and capable of operating in Indian maritime zones including island territories.
- The role of the OPV is to conduct coastal and offshore patrolling, policing maritime zones, control and surveillance, anti-smuggling and anti-piracy operations with limited wartime roles.
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