INS Mormugao (D67) explained

INS Mormugao is the second ship of the stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and was launched on 17 September 2016. The ship was commissioned on 18 December 2022.[1] She is named after the port city of Mormugao in Goa.[2]

Construction

The keel of Mormugao was laid down on 4 June 2015, and she was launched on 17 September 2016 at Mazagon Dock Limited of Mumbai.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Mormugao completed its basin trials on 15 December, 2021 and started its maiden sea trials on 19 December, 2021 commemorating the Goa Liberation Day.[7] [8] The ship was commissioned on 18 December 2022.[9] The commissioning commanding officer is Captain Kapil Bhatia, VSM.[10]

Service history

On 14 May 2023, INS Mormugao successfully fired an advanced variant of Brahmos missile.[11]

In December 2023, INS Mormugao was deployed to the Arabian Sea along with INS Kochi and INS Kolkata to protect commercial shipping after an attack on a tanker transporting oil from Saudi Arabia to Mangalore.[12]

Operation Sankalp: 2023-24 anti-piracy patrols

See main article: Operation Sankalp. Against the backdrop of the increasing attacks on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea by the end of 2023, the Indian Navy on December 31 2023 said it had substantially enhanced maritime surveillance efforts in Central and North Arabian Sea and “augmented force levels” by primarily deploying the P-8I Neptune MPA and the SeaGuardian drones.[13] Following two merchant vessels, including MV Ruen and MV Chem Pluto which were targeted in the sea. MV Ruen was hijacked (later rescued by sister ship INS Kolkata) while MV Chem Pluto sustained drone hits eventually and making way to port, The Indian Navy deployed a large flotilla of destroyers to safeguard international security . The deployment into the Arabian Sea includes Navy’s missile destroyers, including INS Kolkata, INS Kochi, INS Mormugao, INS Chennai and INS Visakhapatnam,[14] virtually all of its modern destroyer force of its western fleet.The INS Kolkata is deployed on the mouth of the Red Sea, INS Kochi on the south of Yemen's Socotra Island, INS Mormugao in the west Arabian Sea with INS Chennai in the central Arabian Sea.

INS Visakhapatnam was also moved in a week later and was tasked to patrol the north Arabian Sea.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Navy's Most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer "Mormugao" launched in mumbai. NDTV. 17 September 2016. 17 September 2016.
  2. Web site: New Navy destroyer to be named after Goa port. https://web.archive.org/web/20210502092157/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/566564/navy-destroyer-named-goa-port.html. 2 May 2021. 24 August 2016.
  3. News: Russia to help India build 4 guided-missile destroyers. 20 July 2013. Indrus. 18 April 2013 .
  4. Web site: Project 15B. Global Security. 20 July 2013.
  5. News: Indigenously built warship ready for launch. 16 April 2015. freepressjournal. 15 April 2015. Sheshrao. Vishnudas. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722212921/http://www.freepressjournal.in/indigenously-built-warship-ready-for-launch/. 22 July 2015. dmy-all.
  6. News: Navy's Next Destroyer Line Christened Visakhapatnam-class, 1st Launch Next Week. 16 April 2015. LiveFist defence . 15 April 2015.
  7. MORMUGAO, INDIAN NAVY'S SECOND SHIP OF THE PROJECT 15B, SAILS FOR MAIDEN SEA TRIALS ON GOA LIBERATION DAY. PIB. 2021-12-19.
  8. Web site: Basin trials of Second ship of P15B. Mazagon Dock. 2021-12-15.
  9. Web site: Rajnath Singh commissions missile destroyer INS Mormugao into Indian Navy. India Today. 2022-12-18.
  10. Web site: Indian Navy commissions INS Mormugao - Stealth Guided-Missile Destroyer . pib.gov.in . 27 December 2023.
  11. Web site: BrahMos supersonic missile firing from INS Mormugao hits 'bull's eye' . 2023-05-15 . India Today . en.
  12. News: 2023-12-26 . India deploys three warships to Arabian Sea after attack on tanker . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-12-31.
  13. News: Peri . Dinakar . 2023-12-31 . Attacks on ships: Indian Navy enhances surveillance in Arabian Sea . 2024-01-05 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  14. Web site: Indian Navy deploys warships and surveillance aircraft to enhance maritime security - The New Indian Express . 2024-01-05 . www.newindianexpress.com.
  15. Web site: Indian Navy deploys warships and surveillance aircraft to enhance maritime security - The New Indian Express . 2024-01-05 . www.newindianexpress.com.

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