TNPSC Thervupettagam

INS Mormugao

December 22 , 2022 707 days 577 0
  • It was commissioned by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the eve of the Goa Liberation Day 2022.
  • It is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy.
  • It was built under Project 15B.
  • It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL), located in Mumbai.
  • The vessel is made of 75 per cent of indigenous content.
  • The purpose of the Indian Navy’s Project 15B is to develop stealth destroyers having maximised indigenous inputs.
  • The project’s first vessel – INS Visakhapatnam – was commissioned into the Indian Navy in November 2021.
  • It is the first of the Indian Navy’s Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers.

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