Indian Navy (IN) recently has inducted the LSAM 18 (Yard 128), the fourth Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge of 11 x Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge (ACTCM) project, built by MSME Shipyard, M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane on 28 Feb 24.
The launching Ceremony was presided over by Cmde Shirish Dube, Directorate of Ship Production.
Noteworthy, the contract for building 11 X ACTCM Barge was signed between MoD and M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane on 05 Mar 21.
Worth mentioning, the availability of these Barges would provide impetus to operational commitments of IN by facilitating Transportation, Embarkation and Disembarkation of articles/ ammunition to IN Ships both alongside jetties and at outer harbours.
These Barges are indigenously designed and built under relevant Naval Rules and Regulation of Indian Register of Shipping.
The model testing of the Barge during design stage was undertaken at Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam.
These Barges are proud flag bearers of Make in India initiative of Government of India (GoI).
