INS Ajay (P34)

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History
India
Name	INS Ajay
Commissioned	24 January 1990
Decommissioned	19 September 2022
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Abhay-class corvette
Displacement	485 tons full load
Length	56.0 m (183 ft 9 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 diesel motors with 16,184 hp (12,068 kW) and 2 shafts (Another report says 4 engines)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph), (32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) according to Jane's)
Range	2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	97 (incl. 7 officers), (Jane's lists 32, with 6 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E search radar 1 × Pechora navigation radar 1 × Rat Tail VDS sonar
Armament	1 × quad Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × AK-76/60 76 mm gun 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × RBU 1200 five-tubed

INS Ajay (P34) was an Abhay-class corvette, in service with the Indian Navy.^[1] She inherited her name from INS Ajay, the first warship built in independent India, which served in the Navy from 1960–1974.

INS Ajay was commissioned on 24 January 1990 at

INS Ajay was decommissioned on 19 September 2022 at a ceremony held at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, after over 32 years in active service. Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command was the chief guest for the function, Vice Admiral Thapliyal (Retd) was the guest of honour, and over 400 personnel including Flag Officers, senior officers from the Indian Army, Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard, and officers and men of the commissioning crew, crew of previous commissions as well as the ships present crew and families attended the decommissioning.^[2]

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