INS Ajay was decommissioned after 32 years of glorious service on September 19, 2022. The ceremony was conducted in a traditional manner at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
INS Ajay was a part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron.
It was commissioned on January 24, 1990, at Poti, Georgia in the erstwhile USSR.
The ship was under the operational control of Flag Officer Commanding, Maharashtra Naval Area.
For more than 32 years, INS Ajay was in active naval service.
India’s 1st Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant was commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2, 2022, at Cochin Shipyard in Kochi.