A fast patrol vessel (FPV) ICGS Anagh and two interceptor boats C-430 and C-417 were on Sunday commissioned into Indian Coast Guard service.
Lt. Gen. Ajay Kumar Singh, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, who also hold the additional charge as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, commissioned the vessels at a ceremony held at the Chennai port.
While Cochin Shipyard Limited has designed and built ICGS Anagh, Larsen & Toubro has made the interceptor boats.
Inspector-General Satya Prakash Sharma, Regional Commander (East) of Indian Coast Guard; Rear Admiral K.N. Vaidyanathan (retd), vice-president, (Head, Defence Shipbuilding) Larsen & Toubro; Commodore K. Subramaniam (retd), Chairman and Managing Director of Cochin Shipyard Limited, were present.