As the sun set on December 23, 2015, the Indian Navy hauled down its ensign from, the historic guided missile frigate, Indian Naval Ship Godavari, for the last time.
In a previously announced ceremony at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of Staff, Headquarter Western Naval Command, decommissioned the 32 year old ship. The ceremony was attended by a large number of people including ex-Commanding Officers and crew of the ship, and senior officers of the Western Naval Command.
At the time of decommissioning, she was commanded by Commander Vishal Rawal who incidentally also started his career as a Midshipman on the same ship.
She was the first of ‘Godavari Class’ guided missile frigates and her sister ships, INS Ganga and INS Gomati, remain in active service.
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