Navy Inducts Landing Craft Utility Ship To Enhance Warfare Capabilities

The LCU Mk-IV ships are amphibious vessels with a designated primary role of transporting main battle tanks, armoured vehicles, troops and equipment from ship to shore.

Enhancing its amphibious warfare capabilities, the Indian Navy has inducted a landing craft utility ship which will be used for a variety of activities like transporting battle tanks and other heavy weapons systems. Indian Naval Landing Craft Utility (INLCU) L58, the 8th & last ship of LCU Mark IV Class; was commissioned into the #IndianNavy on 18 Mar 21 at #PortBlair. Lt Gen Manoj Pande, CinC Andaman & Nicobar Command (#CINCAN) was the Chief Guest (1/3).@makeinindia#AatmanirbharBharatpic.twitter.com/9NI59za7h1 The eighth and last of the landing craft utility (LCU) mark-IV class ship was commissioned at an event in Port Blair, a spokesperson of the Indian Navy said. The ship was indigenously designed and built by state-run Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata.