Question: What was the service period of Indian Coast Guard Ship, Vigraha which was decommissioned on 15th May, 2019?
(a) 1995-2019
(b) 1998-2019
(c) 1990-2019
(d) 1985-2019
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Vigraha, a frontline offshore patrol vessel, was decommissioned on 15th May, 2019 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- The decommissioning ceremony was attended by eight former Commanding Officers along with former and the present crew.
- The chief guest of the ceremony was Inspector General S. Paramesh, Commander Coast Guard Region (East).
Service:
- It served the navy of India for 29 glorious years from 1990 to 2019. It was commissioned on 12th April, 1990.
- ICGS Vigraha was the seventh offshore patrol vessel built by the Mazagaon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
- The ship has participated in major coast guard operations involving search and rescue, anti-poaching, pollution response, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, repatriation and joint exercises.
- The ship was later based at Visakhapatnam and has been instrumental in protecting the east coast in general and Andhra Pradesh coast in particular since then.
INS Vigraha:
- ICGS Vigraha is the symbolic representation of an able-minded warrior in the battle field. It has been instrumental in saving many lives at sea and helped in busting smuggler gangs.
- Among them, 275 kg silver haul was the most prominent.
Links:
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/icgs-vigraha-sails-into-sunset/article27142535.ece
https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/its-end-of-sail-for-coast-guard-ship-vigraha-529782