The delivery of the ‘Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge, LSAM 19’, the 5th barge of the 11 x ACTCM Barge Project, constructed by MSME Shipyard, M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane for the Indian Navy, took place on March 4, 2024, at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai for NAD(Karanja). Capt Ashutosh HQWNC/ACRO presided over the Induction Ceremony.
The contract for constructing 11 X ACTCM Barges was signed between the Ministry of Defence and M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane on March 5, 2021. The induction of these barges will significantly enhance the Indian Navy’s operational capabilities by facilitating the transportation, embarkation, and disembarkation of articles/ammunition to IN Ships both alongside jetties and at outer harbors.
These barges are designed and built indigenously under the relevant Naval Rules and Regulations of the Indian Register of Shipping. Model testing of the barge during the design stage was conducted at the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam. These barges stand as proud representations of the Make in India initiative of the Government of India (GoI).
