Indian Navy receives first P15B guided-missile destroyer

The construction and delivery of this ship -- named "Visakhapatnam" -- is another testament of the impetus given by the government and the Navy to the indigenous warship construction programmes, the statement said.

The Navy received its first P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer on October 28, Thursday, said an official statement on Saturday. The destroyer was being built at Mazgaon Dock Limited (MDL).

The contract for four ships of Project 15B, as the Visakhapatnam class ships are known, was signed in January 2011. This project is a follow-on of the Kolkata class (Project 15A) destroyers commissioned in the last decade.