Visakhapatnam, July 19 -- Indian Navy Ship (INS) Nistar, the first indigenously designed and constructed Diving Support Vessel, was commissioned here on Friday, marking a major maritime achievement.
The ship, which is the first of the two diving support vessels being built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, is designed to undertake complex deep-sea saturation diving and rescue operations - a capability only select Navies possess across the globe.
INS Nistar is installed with state-of-the-art diving equipment such as remotely operated vehicles, a self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat, and diving compression chambers.
"It can undertake diving and salvage operations up to 300m depth," said an official press release. Nistar would also serve as the ...