LCU L-56, the sixth indigenous ship of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU), MK IV class, was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice-Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command on July 29, 2019, at Naval Dockyard in Vishakhapatnam.
With this development, the GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers) became the first shipyard in the country to have built the 100th warship. LCU L-56 would enhance the maritime and HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief) capability of ANC (Andaman Nicobar Command), by undertaking various multi-role activities such as beaching operations, search and rescue missions, disaster relief operations, coastal patrol, and surveillance operations along the Andaman and Nicobar Group of Islands. The ship was placed under the NAVCC in ANC and was administered and based in Port Blair.
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Features LCU L-56 is an amphibious ship, designed chiefly for transportation and deployment of main battle tanks, armoured vehicles, troops, and equipment from ship to shore.
The ship has a displacement of 900 tonnes and is 62 m long. Its two MTU diesel engines, which provide a sustainable speed of over 15 knots. The ship is armed with two 30 mm CRN-91 guns manufactured by Ordnance Factory, Medak.
The ship is manned by a team of four officers and 56 sailors, and is also well-equipped to carry 150 troops.
As the name suggests, an amphibious warfare ship, also called an amphib, is employed to land and provide support to ground forces on an enemy territory when an amphibious assault takes place. An amphibious operation involves attacking an adversary’s land base by forces landed by naval ships.
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