Indian Navy's 'Mormugao' sails for maiden sea trials

• Indian Navy's indigenous stealth guided-missile destroyer Mormugao went for her maiden sea sortie on the occasion of Goa Liberation day.
• The second indigenous stealth destroyer of the Project 15B class is planned for commissioning in mid-2022, according to the ministry of defence.

Project 15B

• It is a project to develop world class warships for Indian Navy
• Union Government in 2011 had sanctioned four 15B ships at the cost of 29,700 crore rupees to develop a class of stealth guided missile destroyers for the Indian Navy.
• The Project 15B missile destroyers are modern warships equipped with latest weapons package in continuation of lineage of the highly successful Delhi and Kolkata Class ships.

INS Murmagoa

• Mormugao is being built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDSL) as part of the Project 15B destroyers.
• The ship incorporates several niche indigenous technologies and is a shining example of Atma Nirbhar Bharat.
• The ship's name was dedicated to the maritime state of Goa with the goal to enhance the bonding between the Indian Navy and the people of Goa and to link the ship's identity permanently to the crucial role the Navy played in nation-building.
• The destroyer is expected to add significantly to the capabilities of the Indian Navy, which got a major booster in the form of INS Visakhapatnam’s and the fourth stealth scorpene class submarine INS Vela’s commissioning.