Navy decommissions INS Nirupak

• After 38 years of service, INS Nirupak was decommissioned at Visakhapatnam on 29 January.

• The ceremony was presided over by Vice Admiral Adhir Arora, Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.

• INS Nirupak was commissioned into service on 14 August 1985 by Vice Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni.

• The ship was under the administrative and operational control of the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command.

• In the years 1994, 1995, 2005 and 2009, INS Nirupak was awarded the Admiral Jal Kursetji Rolling Trophy for the Best Survey Ship.