INS ''Mysore'' is a

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currently in active service with the

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History

INS ''Mysore'' was built at

Mazagon Dock Limited Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) (IAST: ''Majhagānv Dawk Limiṭeḍ''), formerly called Mazagon Dock Limited, is a shipyard situated in Mazagaon, Mumbai. It manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy and offshore platfor ...

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. Her keel was laid down in February 1991 and she was launched on 4 June 1993.

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s began in the

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in March 1999, and she was commissioned on 2 June 1999 by then Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Her first CO was Captain Rajiv Dhamdhere. She is the successor to that served in the Indian Navy from 1957 to 1985. Her crest features a double-headed eagle (

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) from the

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of the erstwhile House of Wodeyar of

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Service History

Colombo, 2008

In August 2008, ''Mysore'' along with the destroyer , were anchored just outside Sri Lankan territorial waters to provide security for the Indian prime ministers Dr Manmohan Singh, and other high-ranking officials at the 15th SAARC summit.

Gulf of Aden, 2008

In November 2008, ''Mysore'' was deployed to the Gulf of Aden to replace the frigate as part of the Indian Navy's efforts to combat piracy off

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. On 13 December 2008, ''Mysore'' captured 23 sea pirates along with arms and ammunition when the pirates were trying to capture MV ''Gibe'', a ship sailing under the Ethiopian flag.

Libya, 2011

On 26 February 2011, ''Mysore'' deployed with the

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to the

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under Operation Safe Homecoming to evacuate Indian citizens from

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in the aftermath of the turmoil from the 2011 Libyan civil war. They carried their full air wings and a contingent of Marine special forces.

Indian Ocean, Independence Day Weekend 2011

On 12 August 2011, the

discovered an

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ian cargo vessel, ''Nafis-1'', was off course. After two days of surveillance, it was suspected that the ship was hijacked by pirates. On 14 August, ''Mysore'' was called in to intercept the ship. The crew of nine hijackers, frightened after seeing ''Mysore'', did not attempt any resistance. A helicopter with nine

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Marines on board was sent to detain the suspects. The pirates' automatic assault weapons were found hidden in storage aboard the hijacked vessel.

Persian Gulf, 2014

On 27 June 2014, ''Mysore'' deployed to

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to evacuate Indians from Iraq during 2014 Northern Iraq offensive. During the operation, she was accompanied by the frigate which deployed to the Gulf of Aden.

Relocation

The ''Delhi'' class destroyers will be re-based to the Eastern Naval Command,

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. Along with , these will form a part of the carrier battle group of . has already reached its new base and is undergoing refit.

References

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INS ''Mysore'' off Tas-Sliema (Malta) during March 2011 operations {{DEFAULTSORT:Mysore (D60) Delhi-class destroyers Destroyers of the Indian Navy Ships built in India 1993 ships Piracy in Somalia