TNPSC Thervupettagam

Decommission of INS Gomati

June 2 , 2022 716 days 608 0
  • The Indian Navy has decommissioned INS Gomati after 34 years of service.
  • The warship was inducted on April 16, 1988.
  • The ship is the third of the Godavari class guided-missile frigates and is the oldest warrior of the Western Fleet.
  • INS Gomati was named after the river Gomati.
  • It took part in several operations, including Operation Cactus, Parakram, and Indradhanush, and several other bilateral and multinational naval exercises.
  • INS Gomati was awarded the prestigious Unit Citation twice, once in 2007-08 and again in 2019-20.
  • INS Gomati will be kept alive in an open-air museum on the picturesque banks of river Gomati in Lucknow.

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