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Friday, January 16, 2015

Landing craft utility ship for Indian Navy launched at GRSE

LCU L53The third ship of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk IV project, Yard 2094, for the Indian Navy was launched at an impressive ceremony at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata here Friday, in the presence of Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff and his wife Reena Lanba.

Invocations from Atharva Veda were recited in Sanskrit and English at the start of the launch. Reena Lanba named the ship as ‘LCU L53’ and wished the ship good luck before launch.

Launching of Yard 2094, designed in-house and built by GRSE for the Indian Navy is yet another milestone in India’s quest for self-reliance in sophisticated shipbuilding.

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