Agray- Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

• Agray is the fourth of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft.
• It is indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.
• It is a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Agray, the fourth of the 1241 PE Class of Patrol Vessels, decommissioned in 2017.
• The ASW SWCs have been designed and constructed by GRSE in compliance with the classification standards of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).

Features of Agray- Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft

• Propulsion: Waterjet propulsion—the largest Indian naval warships to use this technology
• Armaments
• It is the largest Indian Naval warship propelled by waterjets.
• It is equipped with state-of-the-art Lightweight Torpedoes, Indigenous Rocket Launchers and shallow water SONAR, enabling effective detection.
• Sensors: Advanced shallow water SONAR systems
• Significance: The induction of the ship will further augment the Indian Navy’s anti-submarine and mine-warfare capabilities, as well as coastal surveillance.