NEW DELHI: Indian Navy’s hydrographic survey boat Sandhayak was decommissioned in the naval dockyard at Visakhapatnam on Friday after working out the country for 40 decades, according to an official announcement.
The boat, throughout its commissioned agency, devoting roughly 200 important hydrographic surveys and many minor studies in the west and east coasts of the nation, the Andaman seas in addition to from the neighbouring nations.
“The boat was decommissioned at a low key event because of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic once the national flag, naval ensign, and the decommissioning pennant were reduced at sunset period in the existence of Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, the Chief Guest for the service,” the Indian Navy’s statement stated.
“The decommissioning ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Vinay Badhwar, Chief Hydrographer to Government of India, also by working out hydrographers, outstation ex-crew associates and specialists almost through live streaming,” the statement noted.
Aside from survey assignments, the boat was an active player in several critical operations like Operation Pawan (helping the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka in 1987) and also Operation Rainbow (producing humanitarian aid place the 2004 Tsunami).
Sandhayak also engaged from the joint INDO-US HADR (humanitarian help and emergency relief) practice’Tiger-Triumph’ at 2019.
The boat was commissioned into the Navy on February 26, 1981.