ICGS Vigraha decommissioned at Visakhapatnam

  • Indian Coast Guard ship (ICGS) Vigraha was decommissioned at Visakhapatnam on May 15, 2019.
  • The ICGS Vigraha had served the Coast Guard for 29 years adn was decommissioned with full military honours at sunset.
  • ICGS Vigraha, the symbolic representation of the able-minded warrior in the battlefield, was commissioned on April 12, 1990.
  • It was the seventh Offshore Patrol Vessel built by Mazagaon Dock Ltd, Mumbai, and the first of its class among OPVs of third series.
  • The ship played a pivotal role in execution of assigned missions in the seafronts of Coast Guard Regions of West, North West and East when it was based at Mumbai, Porbandar and Visakhapatnam respectively.
  • The ship was also on dry lease to the Sri Lankan Navy from August 11, 2008 to January 22, 2011. It was re-inducted into the Indian Coast Guard on January 23, after which it was based at Visakhapatnam.

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