The Indian Navy will commission the third anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC) ‘Anjadip’ on Friday, Feb 27, 2026. 

Bolstering the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities, the warship will be formally commissioned into the Eastern Naval Command at the Chennai Port. 

The  ceremony will be presided over by Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy, a press release issued by the Ministry of Defence stated.

Built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, ‘Anjadip’ is a state-of-the-art platform specifically designed to address the challenges of the littoral combat environment – the coastal and shallow waters vital for national security.

The platform was handed over to the Navy in December 2025.

‘Anjadip’ is engineered to act as a 'Dolphin Hunter', focused on the detection, tracking, and neutralisation of enemy submarines in coastal areas. It is packed with “an indigenous, cutting-edge anti-submarine warfare weapons and sensor package”, including the hull-mounted sonar ‘Abhay’, and armed with lightweight torpedoes and ASW rockets.  

In addition to its primary ASW role, the “agile and highly manoeuvrable” warship is also equipped to undertake coastal surveillance, low-intensity maritime operations (LIMO) and search & rescue operations. 

The 77 meter-long ship features a high-speed water-jet propulsion system, enabling it to achieve a top speed of 25 knots for rapid response and sustained operations.

“The commissioning ceremony highlights the nation’s accelerated progress towards achieving ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ in defence, as the ASW-SWC project exemplifies the triumph of indigenous warship design and construction,” the MoD statement added. 

The induction of ‘Anjadip’, named after the historically significant island off the coast of Karwar, significantly bolsters the Navy’s capacity to safeguard India’s vast maritime interests and coastal approaches including Tamil Nadu and Puducherry area, marking another key step in transforming the Indian Navy into a formidable 'Builder's Navy', it said.

The Navy has inducted two other platforms of the class – ‘INS Arnala’ and ‘INS Androth’ in June and October, 2025, respectively.

GRSE and Cochin Shipyard are building 16 ASW-SWCs for the Navy; each shipyard is building eight such platforms.