Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao

• The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao was commissioned recently.
• INS Mormugao is named after the historic port city of Goa on the west coast.
• INS Mormugao is the second of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organization Warship Design Bureau and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai.
• INS Mormugao is equipped with Anti-Submarine Warfare capabilities which are provided by indigenously-developed Rocket Launchers, Torpedo Launchers, and ASW helicopters.
• India’s journey of the Destroyer Construction Programme:
• INS Delhi, INS Mysore, and INS Mumbai were the first three destroyers of the P-15 class, followed by three Kolkata class (P-15A) destroyers.
• The P-15B (Visakhapatnam Class) is currently under construction and a total of four warships (Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal, Surat) are planned.

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