Coast Guard to get 'trustworthy warrior

[sudhir007]

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/coast-guard-to-get-trustworthy-warrior/174600.html

CHENNAI: The indigenouslybuilt new class offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard, ICGS Vishwast (Trustworthy), will be inducted with the Coast Guard Region (East) at a welcome ceremony on Wednesday at Chennai Port Trust.
The ship is expected to arrive at the Chennai harbour in the morning and the state Chief Secretary, K S Sripathi, will preside over the welcome ceremony. 'Vishwast' has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited. The ship is equipped with the most advanced navigational and communication sensors. The ship is 90 metre long, displaces 2,400 tonnes and is propelled by 9,100 KW twin diesel engines to a maximum speed of 26 Knots. At economical speed, she has an endurance of 4,500 nautical miles and can stay at sea for 17 days without replenishment.Eight officers and 82 men under the command of Deputy Inspector General S Paramesh man ICGS Vishwast.The special features include an Integrated Bridge System, Integrated Machinery Control System, High Power External Fire Fighting System and an indigenously built Gun Mount. The 'Infra Red Surveillance System' to be installed onboard will provide additional capability to detect target at night, that otherwise can evade radar detection due to their small size or rough weather.The ship is designed to carry one helicopter and five highspeed boats for search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, Exclusive Economic Zone surveillance, highspeed interdiction and marine pollution response missions. The sustenance and reach coupled with the most modern weapons provides it the capabilities of performing the role of command platform.

 

[navtrek]

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[IndianArmy]

India does make some beautiful Ships In its yards .... I like it...

 

[Mirza Jatt]

It is a very beautiful ship.

 

[Indiarox]

Main gun looks better on this pic don't you think??
Can some on tell me the main gun's caliber???

 

[gowthamraj]

Wow even our coast guard ship like other navies frigrates

 

[satishkumarcsc]

a 2400 tonne OPV...thats an overkill man.

 

[Indiarox]

@ gowthamraj
so true
check these Argentinian naval ships
ARA Gómez Roca (P-46)

it is 1,790 tons

 

[Indian-Devil]

Its really good our shipyards are building vessels here and decreasing the %age of imported vessels day by day. They go this way and in next few years they will be exporting such vessels to other friendly countries.
Good job by our shipyards.

 

[Dark Angel]

Just the glimps of better things to come

jai hind

 

[Emperor Palpatine]

Isn,t this ship like an overkill for the coast guard ?

A month of refit can turn this into a navy frigate :\

 

[Trichy]

Isn,t this ship like an overkill for the coast guard ?

A month of refit can turn this into a navy frigate :\

in a month or so its not possible to do...


Even our Coastal Guard have a 2.5kt vessel just for shore patrol, but some navies use this size as their frigrates

 

[Indiarox]

in a month or so its not possible to do...


Even our Coastal Guard have a 2.5kt vessel just for shore patrol, but some navies use this size as their frigrates

ya trichy the second largest ship in Argentinian navy is 1790 tons lol