{"id":764,"date":"2025-12-11T17:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/?p=764"},"modified":"2025-12-11T17:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T17:28:28","slug":"indian-navy-to-commission-first-indigenous-diving-support-craft-dsc-a20-on-16-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/?p=764","title":{"rendered":"Indian Navy to Commission First Indigenous Diving Support Craft \u2018DSC A20\u2019 on 16 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian Navy is set to commission <strong>DSC A20<\/strong>, the first vessel in its fully indigenous series of Diving Support Crafts, on <strong>16 December 2025<\/strong> at Kochi under the Southern Naval Command. The ceremony will be held in the presence of <strong>Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena<\/strong>, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command. With this induction, the Navy adds a significant new operational asset to strengthen its underwater and diving support capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DSC A20<\/strong> is the lead ship among <strong>five Diving Support Crafts<\/strong> being built by <strong>Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL), Kolkata<\/strong>. Purpose-designed for a wide range of coastal diving and underwater missions, the vessel is equipped with <strong>advanced, state-of-the-art diving systems<\/strong>, offering high standards of safety and efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The craft features a <strong>catamaran hull design<\/strong>, which provides superior stability, increased deck space and better seakeeping performance. It has a displacement of around <strong>390 tons<\/strong> and has been designed and constructed as per the <strong>Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) Naval Rules<\/strong>. The vessel also underwent extensive hydrodynamic testing at the <strong>Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam<\/strong>, ensuring optimal performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commissioning of DSC A20 is a major step toward India\u2019s goal of <strong>Aatmanirbharta (self-reliance)<\/strong> in defence manufacturing and showcases the success of the <strong>\u2018Make in India\u2019<\/strong> initiative in the maritime sector. The project reflects close collaboration between the Indian Navy, domestic shipbuilders, and national research institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once commissioned, <strong>DSC A20 will be based at Kochi<\/strong> and operate under the Southern Naval Command, bolstering the Navy\u2019s capability in <strong>diving support, underwater inspections, salvage operations, and coastal deployment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This landmark induction marks a significant boost to India&#8217;s indigenous naval construction and operational preparedness in coastal and underwater domains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Navy is set to commission DSC A20, the first vessel in its fully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalwarta.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}