INS Rajput To Be Decommissioned Today After 41 Years Of Service
INS Rajput To Be Decommissioned Today After 41 Years Of Service
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INS Rajput
New Delhi: After 41 years of service, the first destroyer of the Indian Navy, INS Rajput, will be decommissioned on Friday.
After 41 years of service, the first destroyer of the Indian Navy, INS Rajput, will be decommissioned on Friday.
The Kashin-class destroyer, built by the erstwhile USSR, was commissioned on May 4, 1980.
The ship participated in several key missions in the last four decades, including operation Aman off Sri Lanka that was launched to assist the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) and Operation Cactus to resolve a hostage situation off the Maldives.