Indian Navy Commissions Water Jet Fast Attack Craft
September 27 , 2017 2619 days 1084 0
INS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft was commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Mazagon Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
INS Tarasa is the fourth and last of the follow-on Water Jet FAC's built
The first three ships of the class were,
INS Tarmugli
INS Tihayu
INS Tillanchang
These ships are an upgrade of the Car Nicobar class Fast Attack Crafts with the Indian Navy.
INS Tarasa has been named after the picturesque island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago in Bay of Bengal.
It will be used for missions like coastal and off-shore surveillance, EEZ Patrol, law enforcement. It will also conduct non-military missions such as Search and Rescue, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.