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Detailed explanation-1: -INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (Pennant 67), a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer was commissioned into the Indian Navy, on Sunday.

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: -Over the last decade, the Indian Navy has commissioned three guided missile destroyers of the Kolkata class - INS Kolkata, INS Kochi, and INS Chennai - under the project codenamed 15A. These ships were a step ahead of their precursor Delhi class of ships - INS Delhi, INS Mysore, and INS Mumbai.

Detailed explanation-5: -About Project 15B / Visakhapatnam-class destroyers This Project is a follow-on of the Kolkata class (Project 15A) destroyers commissioned in the last decade and the lead ship of the Project – INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 21 November 2021.