New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Adamya, was today commissioned at the Paradip Port in Odisha.

It is the first ship of the eight in series Adamya-class Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs). The 51 metre FPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited and is a befitting example of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' with over 60 per cent indigenous content, leading to the strengthening of India's maritime might.

ICGS Adamya was commissioned by Joint Secretary (AF & Policy), Satyajit Mohanty, in the presence of Chief of Staff, Headquarters Eastern Seaboard Inspector General Yoginder Dhaka and other senior officials, a Defence Ministry statement said.

The ship will be based at Paradip, under operational and administrative ...