Overview

• The commissioning will take place at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, with Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar presiding.
• INS Androth is the Navy’s second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft after INS Arnala.
• The vessel was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata with more than 80% Indian-made components.
• The craft is designed to detect, track, and counter submarines in coastal and littoral waters to protect maritime approaches.
• The induction follows recent additions such as Arnala, Nistar, Udaygiri, and Nilgiri, underscoring steady fleet modernisation and domestic shipbuilding momentum.