Indian Coast Guard interceptor boat C-138 was decommissioned at Tuticorin Port on Monday.
According to a statement from ICG, Tuticorin station, the boat was inducted into ICG on May 19, 1995 and was commissioned on September 4 in 1996.
The boat was based at Mandapam since commissioning and shifting prior to Tuticorin in 2012. This boat was actively involved in humanitarian assistance, search and rescue operations, anti-smuggling and anti-poaching operations along the Tamil Nadu coast.
Besides, this boat also provided seaward security off Rameshwaram. It also actively participated in the security exercise ‘Operation Parakram, ‘Operation Hamla’ and ‘Operation Sentinel’. Moreover, this boat actively supported helicopter operations in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, the statement added.
