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Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai
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Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam
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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata
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Cochin Shipyard Limited
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indian Navy launched ‘Arnala’, the first of the eight indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC), at the shipbuilding facility of L&T in Chennai’s Kattupall. Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), ‘Arnala’ made its first contact with the water of the Bay of Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under this ‘Project-75 India’, the six submarines will have land-attack cruise missiles as well as AIP. But it will take almost a decade from now for the first such submarine to roll out.
Detailed explanation-3: -Arnala class of ships will replace the Abhay class ASW Ships of the Indian Navy and are designed to undertake anti-submarine operations in coastal waters and Low Intensity Maritime Operations including subsurface surveillance in littoral waters.
Detailed explanation-4: -Keel laying of the two warships (Yard 3033 and Yard 3036) of Anti-submarine Warfare Shallow Craft (ASW SWC) project under construction by GRSE, Kolkata, was undertaken on 31 Dec 22 by Shri Giridhar Aramane, IAS, Defence Secretary.