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| Ship caption = INS ''Ganga''
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| Ship country = India
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| Ship name = INS ''Ganga''
| Ship namesake = Ganga River (the [[Ganges]])
| Ship ordered =
| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
| Ship laid down =
| Ship launched = 21 October 1981
| Ship acquired =
| Ship commissioned = 30 December 1985
| Ship decommissioned = 22 March 2018
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| Ship honours =
| Ship fate =
| Ship identification = F22
| Ship status = Decommissioned
| Ship notes = |Ship badge[[File:Ganga logo small.jpg|150px|center|Seal of INS ''Ganga'']]
| Ship badge = [[File:INS Ganga emblem.JPG|150px|INS ''Ganga'' crest]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Godavari|frigate}}
| Ship displacement = *3600 tons standard,
*3850 tons full load
| Ship length = {{convert|126.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught = {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft =
| Ship propulsion = 2 turbines with {{convert|30,000|hp|abbr=on}} motors; 2 {{convert|550|psi|abbr=on}} boilers; 2 shafts
| Ship speed = {{convert|27|kn|km/h|0}}
| Ship range = {{convert|4500|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|0}}
| Ship complement = 313 (incl. 40 Officers & 13 Aircrew)
| Ship sensors = *1 × Signaal D-band radar
*1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
*2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
*Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
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| Ship armament = *4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx) [[AShM]]s in single-tube launchers
*[[Barak SAM]] system
*2 × 57 mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation
*4 × [[AK-230]] 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only)
*6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
| Ship armour =
| Ship aircraft = *2 helicopters
*[[Westland Sea King|Sea King Mk.42B]] or [[HAL Chetak]]
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'''INS ''Ganga'' (F22)''' was a {{sclass|Godavari|frigate|0}} [[guided-missile frigate]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. Built in [[Mumbai]] by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]], she was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 30 December 1985. She was retired from active service on 28 May 2017,<ref name="swansong">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/613543/ins-ganga-swansong-sortie.html|title=INS Ganga on swansong sortie|date=25 May 2017|publisher=Deccan Herald|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/navy-warship-ins-ganga-decommissioned-in-mumbai-118032201452_1.html|title=Navy warship INS Ganga decommissioned in Mumbai|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-03-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref>

==Operations==

=== Commissioning ===
INS ''Ganga'' was commissioned on 30 December 1985 while berthed on the South Breakwater, [[Naval Dockyard (Bombay)|Naval Dockyard]], Mumbai (the called Bombay). Her first Commanding Officer was Captain [[Kailash Kohli]] (later Vice Admiral). The ship completed her post-commissioning trials in a record time of three months and joined the Western Fleet in mid April 1986.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Lieutenant Awasthi|first=S. K.|year=2019|title=A Magnificent Sunset|journal=Quarterdeck |location=New Delhi, India|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Government of India|volume=2019|pages=44–45}}</ref>

===UNOSOM II===
While the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 954|UN Security Council Resolution 954]], extended the UN mandate for [[UNOSOM II]] in [[Somalia]] to March 1995, the United States and other NATO members of the mission abandoned the peacekeeping effort and withdrew from [[Somalia]] over a year earlier. As the mission approached its scheduled end, the situation on the ground continued to deteriorate. With no other international support forthcoming, INS ''Ganga'' along with {{INS|Godavari|F20|6}} and {{INS|Shakti|1975|6}} were deployed to [[Mogadishu]] in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the [[Indian Army]]'s 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry]] (2 JAKLI).<ref name=br-unosom>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html |title=Somalia, 1992-1994 |access-date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011122642/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Decommissioning ===
INS ''Ganga'' was decommissioned from active service on 22 March 2018.<ref name=":0" />

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