{"id":14697,"date":"2025-12-29T18:53:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=14697"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:23:03","slug":"indian-navy-to-commission-first-indigenous-diving-support-craft-dsc-a20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=14697","title":{"rendered":"INDIAN NAVY TO COMMISSION FIRST INDIGENOUS DIVING SUPPORT CRAFT \u2018DSC A20\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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INDIAN NAVY TO COMMISSION FIRST INDIGENOUS DIVING SUPPORT CRAFT \u2018DSC A20\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 11 DEC 2025 7:19PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Indian Navy will commission DSC A20, the first vessel of the\u00a0indigenously\u00a0designed and constructed\u00a0Diving Support Craft (DSC), at Kochi on 16 Dec 2025\u00a0under the aegis of Southern Naval Command. The ship will be formally inducted into service in presence of Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. The event will mark the addition of a\u00a0key operational asset to the Navy\u2019s inventory, enhancing its diving and underwater support capability.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

DSC A20 is the lead ship in a series of five Diving Support Craft being built by\u00a0M\/s Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL), Kolkata.\u00a0Purpose-built for a wide spectrum of diving and underwater missions in coastal waters, the vessel is equipped with advanced, state-of-the-art diving systems that meet the highest standards of safety and operational efficiency.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Featuring a\u00a0catamaran hull form, the ship offers superior stability, enhanced deck area, and improved seakeeping characteristics, and has a displacement of approximately\u00a0390 tons.\u00a0Designed and built in accordance with the Naval Rules and Regulations of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), DSC A20 underwent extensive hydrodynamic analysis and model testing at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The commissioning of DSC A20 marks a milestone in India\u2019s pursuit of\u00a0Aatmanirbharta\u00a0and exemplifies success of\u00a0\u2018Make in India\u2019\u00a0initiative in the maritime domain. The platform represents seamless\u00a0collaboration between the Indian Navy, the indigenous shipbuilding industry, and national research organisations\u00a0in delivering specialised, technologically advanced vessels.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

With its induction, the Indian Navy\u2019s capability in\u00a0diving support, underwater inspection, salvage assistance, and coastal operational deployment\u00a0will be substantially strengthened. DSC A20 will be based at Kochi and operate under Southern Naval Command.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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INDIAN NAVY TO COMMISSION FIRST INDIGENOUS DIVING SUPPORT CRAFT \u2018DSC A20\u2019 Posted On: 11 DEC 2025 7:19PM by PIB Delhi The Indian Navy will commission DSC A20, the first vessel of the\u00a0indigenously\u00a0designed and constructed\u00a0Diving Support Craft (DSC), at Kochi on 16 Dec 2025\u00a0under the aegis of Southern Naval Command. The ship will be formally inducted …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14699,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions\/14699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}