Indian Coast Guard Ship C-449 Commissioned at Chennai
K Shanmugam, Chief Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship C-449 at Chennai on August 20th.
The ship is Forty Ninth amongst the Fifty Four in their series being indigenously designed and built by M/s Larsen and Toubro Ltd, Hazira (Surat).
This ship is 27.80 Mtrs long, with a displacement of 105 tons and Max Speed of 45 knots (85 kmph).
It is capable of undertaking multifarious tasks including Surveillance, Interdiction, Search and Rescue, in addition to rendering assistance to boats and craft in distress at sea.
The vessel is provided with advanced navigation and communication equipment for safe navigation.
The ship is commanded by Assistant Commandant Ashish Sharma and will be based at Krishnapatnam under the administrative and operational control of the Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 6 at Visakhapatnam.
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Indian Coast Guard Ship C-449 Commissioned at Chennai
