Chief of Naval Staff – Admiral R Hari Kumar, and his wife Kala Hari Kumar, who is President of Naval Wives Welfare Association (NWWA), will launch these vessels. According to an HSL release, Diving Support Vessel (DSV) is the first of its kind, being indigenously designed and built at HSL for the Indian Navy.
The DSV with blue water capability will be deployed for deep sea diving and submarine rescue operations. The ship is 120 metres in length with a complement of 215 personnel. It is a self-sustaining platform at sea and can undertake sustained operational deployments for a period of 60 days at sea.