Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) INS Tihayu was
commissioned into the Indian Navy by the
Flag-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command
Vice-Admiral H.C.S. Bisht in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday Oct 19,2016
The
315-tonne INS Tahiyu is the sixth WJFAC Car Nicobar Class vessel to be
commissioned and allotted to the Eastern Fleet of the Navy.
According
to Vice-Admiral Bisht, four of the vessels are based in Chennai and
two, including Tahiyu, will be stationed in Visakhapatnam.
Built
by Kolkata-based shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
(GRSE), INS Tahiyu is the 20th vessel in this class to be built by the
shipyard.
It is an improved version of the earlier
vessels and it can achieve a top operating speed of 35 knots per hour,
said the Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE Rear Admiral (retd) A.K.
Verma.
The ship is fitted with three water jet
propulsion systems, powered by marine diesel engines generating 2720 KW
of power. Coming to the armament, it is loaded with an
indigenously-built 30 mm CRN gun, an assorted variant of machine guns
and shoulder-launched IGLA surface to air missile.
The ship will be commanded by Commander Ajay Kashov and will have four officers and 41 crew members.
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