Kolkata, July 21 -- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd launched the 8th and last ship in a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW SWCs), it is building for the Navy, on Monday.

The ship, named Ajay, was launched by Priya Deshmukh, wife of Vice Admiral Kiran Deshmukh, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Materiel, Indian Navy. Vice Admiral Deshmukh was the chief guest at the occasion, according to a release.

Among the others present were Commodore P R Hari IN (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, GRSE, Commander Shantanu Bose, IN (Retd), Director (Shipbuilding), GRSE, Abhishek Ranjan, IOFS, CVO, GRSE, and senior officials from Indian Navy and GRSE.

This launch connects past with present: INS Ajay, originally deliver...