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Detailed explanation-1: -Kolkata (December 20, 2022): The Indian Navy’s first Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC ), being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, was launched by Smt Rasika Chaube, Financial Advisor (Defence Services), Ministry of Defence, on December 20, 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aim is to make India an indigenous ship building hub: RM. Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (D67), second warship of the P15B class of stealth guided-missile destroyers, was commissioned in the august presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on December 18, 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -Notes: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), a defence PSU based at Kolkata has recently delivered an anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette named ‘INS Kavaratti’ to the Indian Navy. This is the fourth and the last of the ASWC series built by the PSU GRSE, under Project 28 class.

Detailed explanation-4: -Frigates, which are naval vessels intermediate between corvettes and destroyers, have had a significant role in the naval history of India.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Abhay class corvettes of the Indian Navy are customized variants of the Soviet Pauk class corvettes. The class is primarily intended for coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare.