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INS Rajput To Be Decommissioned On May 21 INS Rajput To Be Decommissioned On May 21 INS Rajput was constructed in the 61 Communards Shipyard in Nikolaev (present-day Ukraine) under her original Russian name 'Nadezhny' meaning 'Hope'. INS Rajput will be decommissioned at a solemn ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. New Delhi: The first destroyer of the Indian Navy, INS Rajput is set to be decommissioned after 41 years on Friday, May 21, the Ministry of Defence said. INS Rajput is the first destroyer of the Indian Navy and was the ship that led the Kashin-class destroyers. Built by t...

INS Rajput to be decommissioned on May 21 after 41 years of yeoman service New Delhi, May 20 (UNI) The Indian Navy on Thursday informed that its warship INS Rajput will be decommissioned on May 21 after 41 years of service to the nation. 'INS Rajput, the lead ship of the Kashin-class destroyers built by the erstwhile USSR was commissioned on May 4, 1980 and has rendered yeoman service to the Indian Navy for over 41 years', the Navy spokesperson said. INS Rajput will now be decommissioned at a solemn ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. Owing to the ongoing COVID pandemic, the ceremony ...

The ship was commissioned as INS Rajput at Poti, Georgia by IK Gujral, the then Indian Ambassador to the USSR, with Captain Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani as her first commanding officer.

INS Rajput was constructed in the 61 Communards shipyard in Nikolaev (now Ukraine) New Delhi: 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. In addition, the ship participated in numerous bilater...

INS Rajput, the Kashin-class destroyer, built by the erstwhile USSR, was commissioned on May 4, 1980.