⁠The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Androth, the second of its next-generation Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), designed to detect enemy submarines operating close to the coast.

The warship was commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam by Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command.

The first ship of the class called INS Arnala was commissioned in June this year. INS Androth derives its name from an island in the Lakshadweep archipelago.

The ship is built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, in collaboration with L&T’s Kattupalli shipyard in Tamil Nadu.

The Navy has contracted 16 such ships at an overall cost of nearly Rs 13,000 crore, with Cochin Shipyard Limited and GRSE ma

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