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- 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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