The Indian Navy has inducted Landing Craft Utility (LCU) INLCU L53 at Port Blair.
LCU L53 is the third ship in series of eight Mark IV LCU vessels built and designed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata for Navy.
The first ship of the series was commissioned in 2016.
LCU L53 MK-IV ship is amphibious ship with a displacement of 830 Tons and can sail through the sea at speed of 15kt.
It is fitted with state-of-the-art equipment and advanced systems such as Integrated Bridge System (IBS) and Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS).
The ship will be based in Andaman and Nicobar Command.