- The Indian Navy launched the indigenously-built ship INS Arnala at the shipbuilding facility of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in Chennai’s Kattupalli.
- Arnala is the first of the 8 anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) that are currently being built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).
- The vessel made its first contact with the water of the Bay of Bengal during a recently-held launch ceremony in Chennai.
- The launch ceremony is one of the four important ceremonial occasions associated with a ship’s life.
- The other three are keel laying, commissioning and decommissioning.
- The ship has been named Arnala to highlight the maritime significance of the Arnala island, which is situated some 13 km north of Maharashtra’s Vasai.
- Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bestowed strategic importance on this island during his reign.
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