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Detailed explanation-1: -During her 40 years of illustrious service in the Indian Navy, INS Sandhayak undertook over 200 major hydrographic surveys in Western and Eastern coasts of the Indian peninsula, the Andaman Sea, and surveys in neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Owing to the Covid-19, Indian Navy’s oldest hydrographic survey ship INS Sandhayak was decommissioned on Friday in a low-key event at in Visakhapatnam after 40 years of service.

Detailed explanation-3: -The INS Ajay was in active naval service for more than 32 years during her illustrious journey.

Detailed explanation-4: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which Ship of the Indian Navy, has been decommissioned after 41 years into service? Notes: The Indian Navy’s first destroyer – INS Rajput has been decommissioned from the service after guarding the nation for a term of 41 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is INS Nishank. The Indian Navy will bid farewell to its two ships INS Nishank and INS Akshay, at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on 3 June 2022. Both the ships will be decommissioned at Naval Dockyard after 32 years of being at the forefront.