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INS Ganga (F22) was a Template:Sclass 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,[1] and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018.[2]
Operations
Commissioning
INS Ganga was commissioned on 30 December 1985 while berthed on the South Breakwater, 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.[3]
UNOSOM II
While the 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 Template:INS and Template:INS were deployed to Mogadishu in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the Indian Army's 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (2 JAKLI).[4]
Decommissioning
INS Ganga was decommissioned from active service on 22 March 2018.[3]
References
- ↑ INS Ganga on swansong sortie. Deccan Herald(25 May 2017). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ Navy warship INS Ganga decommissioned in Mumbai. Business Standard India(2018-03-22). Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Magnificent Sunset. Quarterdeck({Template:Year).
- ↑ Somalia, 1992-1994. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
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