IN PICS | Indian Navy Bids Farewell To INS Gomati After 34 Years Of Service

INS Gomati, a Godavari class guided-missile frigate, was decommissioned by the Indian Navy today after 34 years of service. Image Source: PTI

The ship, which had been deployed in Operations Cactus, Parakram and Rainbow, was decommissioned at sunset at the Naval Dockyard, the official said. Image Source: PTI

INS Gomati derives her name from the vibrant river Gomti and was commissioned on April 16, 1988 by then Defence minister K C Pant, at Mazgaon Dock Ltd, Bombay. Image Source: PTI

Post decomissioning, the ship's legacy will be kept alive in an open air museum being set up on the picturesque banks of Gomati river in Lucknow, where several of her combat systems will be exhibited as military and war relics. Image Source: PTI

The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Navy for the same. Image Source: PTI