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{{other ships|INS Ajay}}
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|displacement= 485 tons full load
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|propulsion= 2 diesel motors with {{cvt|16,184|hp|lk=in}} and 2 shafts (Another report says 4 engines)
|speed= {{convert|28|kn|0}}, ({{convert|32|kn|0}} according to Jane's)
|range= {{convert|2400|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn}}
|complement= 97 (incl. 7 officers), (Jane's lists 32, with 6 officers)
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*1 × Pechora navigation radar
*1 × Rat Tail VDS sonar
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*1 × [[AK-257|AK-76/60 76 mm gun]]
*4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes
*2 × RBU 1200 five-tubed
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'''INS ''Ajay'' (P34)''' was an {{sclass|Abhay|corvette}}, in service with the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=in-abhay>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/corvettes_abhay.htm |url-status=dead |title=Abhay Class – (Abhay, Ajay, Akshay, Agray) |website=Indian Navy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223133238/http://indiannavy.nic.in/corvettes_abhay.htm |archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref> She inherited her name from [[INS Ajay (1960)|INS ''Ajay'']], the first warship built in independent India, which served in the Navy from 1960–1974.

INS ''Ajay'' was commissioned on 24 January 1990 at [[Poti]], Soviet Union (now in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) as part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron under the operational control of [[Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area]]. Vice Admiral A.G. Thapliyal served as the ship's first commanding officer. The ship participated in several naval operations including [[Operation Talwar]] during the [[Kargil War]] and [[Operation Parakram]] in 2001.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=INS Ajay Decommissioned After 32 Glorious Years of Service|url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-ajay-decommissioned-after-32-glorious-years-service|date=2022-09-20 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Indian Navy}}</ref>

== Decommissioning ==
INS ''Ajay'' was decommissioned on 19 September 2022 at a ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, after over 32 years in active service. Vice Admiral [[Ajendra Bahadur Singh]], Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command was the chief guest for the function, Vice Admiral Thapliyal (Retd) was the guest of honour, and over 400 personnel including Flag Officers, senior officers from the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard, and officers and men of the commissioning crew, crew of previous commissions as well as the ships present crew and families attended the decommissioning.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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{{Corvettes of the Indian Navy}}

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[[Category:Abhay-class corvettes]]

INS Ajay 1990 - Revision history

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