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Detailed explanation-1: -INS Visakhapatnam measures 163m in length, 17m in breadth with a displacement of 7, 400 tonnes and can rightfully be regarded as one of the most potent warships to have been constructed in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Eastern Naval Command is one of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy. It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The command is responsible for the all naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and parts of the Indian Ocean and the naval establishments on the east coast of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship of the P15B class of guided missile stealth destroyers and was commissioned on 21st November 2021. The ship symbolises India’s matured shipbuilding capability and quest for the Make in India initiative towards achieving ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Indian Navy commissioned its second Project 15B / Visakhapatnam-class destroyer, INS Mormugao (D67), on December 18, 2022. The event took place at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, in presence of Rajnath Singh, the Defence Minister of India.