INS Gomati was decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai yesterday, in an elegant, solemn and poignant ceremony. The ship was paid off under the command of Captain Sudip Malik. INS Gomati derives her name from the vibrant river Gomti and was commissioned on 16 April 1988 by the then Defence Minister, KC Pant, at Mazgaon Dock Ltd, Bombay. INS Gomati, the third of the Godavari class guided-missile frigates, was also the Western Fleet’s oldest warrior when it was decommissioned. Following her retirement, the ship’s legacy will be preserved in an open-air museum along Lucknow’s scenic banks of the eponymous river Gomti, where several of her fighting systems will be displayed as military and war relics.
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