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|Ship image=[[File:INS Matanga (A53).JPG|300px|INS ''Matanga'', the second ''Gaj''-class tugboat]]
|Ship caption=INS ''Matanga'', the second ''Gaj''-class tugboat
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Gaj''-class tugboat
|Builders= [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]], Kolkata, India
|Operators= [[Indian Navy]]
|Class before=
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|Cost=
|Built range=
|In commission range=1973–2017
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=2
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=0
|Total ships laid up=
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|Total ships retired=2
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|Ship type= Ocean-going Tugboat
|Ship tonnage= {{GT|1313}}
|Ship displacement= {{Convert|1600|LT}} [[Loaded displacement|full load]]
|Ship length= {{Convert|67.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{Convert|12.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draught= {{Convert|4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship depth=
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|Ship decks=
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|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=*2 × Garden Reach G7V diesel engines
*2 shafts
*{{Convert|3920|bhp|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed= {{Convert|15|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range=
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|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=[[Bollard pull]]: 40 tons
|Ship troops=
|Ship complement=75 including 6 officers
|Ship sensors= Decca 1226 (I) Radar
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament= 1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm 60-cal Bofors Mk 3 gun]]
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The '''''Gaj'' class''' offshore [[tugboat]]s are a series of two auxiliary watercraft built by [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]] Ltd., Kolkata, for the [[Indian Navy]]. The vessels in the class are Indian Navy's biggest tugboats and can be used for towing aircraft carriers.<ref name="br">{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/97-INS-Matanga.html | title=INS Matanga, Active Indian Navy ships | work=bharat-rakshak.com | access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>

==Description==
Each vessel in the class has a 40-ton [[bollard pull]] and are powered by twin Garden Reach G7V diesel engines coupled to two propellers with a total output of 3920 bhp. They have four foam [[Fire monitor|monitors]] installed for firefighting operations. The vessels have a speed of 15 knots and are also fitted with diving and salvage equipment. They carry an RCC ([[recompression chamber]]) and can render limited submarine rescue services.<ref name=br /><ref name="hp">{{cite web|url=http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1284.aspx |title=ATF Gaj class |work=harpoondatabases.com |access-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222145558/http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1284.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/book/diving-cadre-and-chariot-project | title=Diving Cadre And The Chariot Project | publisher=Indian Navy | access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>

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|image1=[http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/364112791_80f763c407.jpg INS Matanga ]
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==Ships in the class==
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!Pennant No.|| Name || Launched || Commissioned || Decommissioned || Notes
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|A-51 || INS ''Gaj'' || September 1972 <ref>{{Cite web|title=INS Gaj commissioned|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/INS-Gaj-commissioned/articleshow/24806943.cms}}</ref> || 20 September 1973 || 14 August 1996 || <ref name=br /><ref name=hp />
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|A-53 || INS ''Matanga''|| 29 October 1977 || 2 April 1983 || 27 January 2017 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships |title=Indian Navy decommissions two ships |website=Jane's 360 |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean Going Tug INS Matanga (A 53) |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-matanga |publisher=Indian Navy |access-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105045950/http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-matanga |archive-date=5 January 2014 }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships#Tugboats|Tugboats of the Indian Navy]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}

[[Category:Ships of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Auxiliary ships of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Tugs of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Auxiliary tugboat classes]]

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