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Line 1: {{other ships\|INS Ganga}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2015}} {{Use Indian English\|date=August 2015}} {{More citations needed\|date=February 2015}} {\|{{Infobox ship begin}} }} {{Infobox ship image \| Ship image = INS Ganga (F22).jpg Line 11: \| Hide header = \| Ship country = India \| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag\|India\|naval-2014}} \| Ship name = INS ''Ganga'' \| Ship namesake = Ganga River (the [[Ganges]]) Line 17: \| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] \| Ship laid down = \| Ship launched = 21 October 1981 \| Ship acquired = \| Ship commissioned = 30 December 1985 Line 30: \| Ship status = Decommissioned \| Ship notes = \|Ship badge[[File:Ganga logo small.jpg\|150px\|center\|Seal of INS ''Ganga'']] \| Ship badge = ~~[[File:INS Ganga emblem.JPG\|150px\|INS ''Ganga'' crest]]~~ }} {{Infobox ship characteristics \| Hide header = \| Header caption = \| Ship class = {{sclass-\|Godavari\|frigate}} \| Ship displacement = 3600 tons standard, 3850 tons full load Line 50: 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar [[Bharat Electronics\|BEL]] HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System \|url=https://bel-india.in/product/advanced-active-cum-passive-integrated-sonar-system-humsa-ng/ \|access-date=2024-08-23 \|website=BEL \|language=en-US}}</ref> \| Ship EW = \| Ship armament = 4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx) [[AShM]]s in single-tube launchers [[Barak SAM]] system 1 x [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] gun (replaced 1 x 2 57 mm [[AK-725]] gun 2 × 57 mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation 4 × [[AK-230]] 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only) *6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes Line 64 ⟶ 65: \|} '''INS ''Ganga'' (F22)''' iswas a {{sclass-\|Godavari\|frigate\|0}} [[guided-missile frigate]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. Built in [[Mumbai]] by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]], she was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 30 December 1985. She was retired from active service on 28 May 2017,<ref name="swansong">{{cite web\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/613543/ins-ganga-swansong-sortie.html\|title=INS Ganga on swansong sortie\|date=25 May 2017\|publisher=Deccan Herald\|~~accessdate~~access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>, ~~with~~and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/navy-warship-ins-ganga-decommissioned-in-mumbai-118032201452_1.html\|title=Navy warship INS Ganga decommissioned in Mumbai\|~~last=India\|first~~agency=Press Trust of India\|date=2018-03-22\|work=Business Standard India\|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> ==Operations== === Commissioning === INS ''Ganga'' was commissioned on 30 December 1985 while berthed on the South Breakwater, [[Naval Dockyard (Bombay)\|Naval Dockyard]], Mumbai (the called Bombay). Her first Commanding Officer was Captain [[Kailash Kohli]] (later Vice Admiral). The ship completed her post-commissioning trials in a record time of three months and joined the Western Fleet in mid April 1986.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal\|last=Lieutenant Awasthi\|first=S. K.\|year=2019\|title=A Magnificent Sunset\|journal=Quarterdeck \|location=New Delhi, India\|publisher=Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs, Government of India\|volume=2019\|pages=44–45}}</ref> ===UNOSOM II=== While the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 954\|UN Security Council Resolution 954]], extended the UN mandate for [[UNOSOM II]] in [[Somalia]] to March 1995, the United States and other NATO members of the mission abandoned the peacekeeping effort and withdrew from [[Somalia]] over a year earlier. As the mission approached its scheduled end, the situation on the ground continued to deteriorate. With no other international support forthcoming, INS ''Ganga'' along with {{INS\|Godavari\|F20\|6}} and {{INS\|Shakti\|1975\|6}} were deployed to [[Mogadishu]] in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the [[Indian Army]]'s 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry\|Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry]] (2 JAKLI).<ref name=br-unosom>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html \|title=Somalia, 1992-1994 \|access-date=16 February 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011122642/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html \|archive-date=11 October 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> === Decommissioning === INS ''Ganga'' was decommissioned from active service on 22 March 2018.<ref name=":0" /> ==References== Line 75 ⟶ 82: {{Godavari class frigate}} {{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}▼ ~~{{Frigates_of_the_Indian_Navy}}~~ ▲{{~~Ship classes~~Frigates of the Indian Navy}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ganges (F22)}}▼ ▲{{DEFAULTSORT:~~Ganges~~Ganga (F22)}} [[Category:1981 ships]] [[Category:Godavari-class frigates]] [[Category:Frigates of the Indian Navy]]