IAC Vikrant gears up for commissioning

The 1600member crew and a slew of civilian workers were working as busy bees on Friday preparing the majestic warship IAC Vikrant for its commissioning on September 2The final touchups including the painting and cleaning works are being undertaken on a war footing for the highprofile induction event which will see the participation of Prime Minister Narendra ModiThe 45000tonne ship which has been taken over by the Indian Navy is currently docked at the jetty of Cochin Shipyard Limited here where it was constructedThe whole area was bustling with over 2000 civilian employees and Navy personnel doing final preparations while on another side a 100member Navy team along with the Navy band was seen practising their guard of honour for the Prime MinisterThe Navy allowed PTI a lastminute look into the first indigenously built warship which is christened after her illustrious predecessor Vikrant the countrys first aircraft carrier that played a vital role in the 1971 IndiaPakistan warAlso Read Haryana 6 members of family found dead at homeThe deck integration trials of fixed wing aircraft and the exploitation of Aviation Facility Complex will be carried out post commissioning of the ship Lieutenant Commander Vijay Sheoran an assistant electrical officer with the IAC told PTIHe said the IAC is equipped with a skijump for launching aircraft and a set of three arrester wires for their recovery onboardWe use an aircraftoperation mode known as Short Take Off But Arrested Recovery STOBAR he saidThe media was also allowed to visit the fullyfunctional hospital which is led by V B Surse the principal medical officerAlso Read Delhi High Court adjourns hearing on suit against Baba RamdevThere are five doctors including a surgeon an aerospace medical specialist an anaesthetist and a dentist There are 15 paramedics including lab technicians and Xray technicians Surse saidLieutenant Commander Vanjaria Harsh the aerospace medicine specialist of the IAC said the hospital has a CT scan facility which is a first onboard a ship in IndiaWe have stateoftheart operation theatres a twobed ICU 16bed ward and isolation wards in case of any emergency Harsh saidThe medical officer also said that the aircraft carrier will always have medicines and surgical equipment for three months onboardThere are three galleys in the ship that cater the food needs of 1600 crew pushing out over 4500 meals a dayWe give huge priority to hygiene and cleanliness There are preparation areas separate cooking and serving areas in each galley We are prepared to cater to the needs of 1600 crew everyday once we are seabound Lieutenant Commander Nishanth Devendran saidThe Indigenous Aircraft Carrier is designed by the Warship Design Bureau WDB Indian Navys inhouse organisation and built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited CSL a public sector shipyard under the Ministry of Ports Shipping and WaterwaysThe ship is 262 metre long and 62 metre wide and has a maximum designed speed of 28 knots with endurance of 7500 NMVikrant has around 2200 compartments designed for a crew of around 1600 that include specialised cabins to accommodate women officers and sailorsThe ship boasts of a fullfledged stateoftheart medical complex with latest medical equipment facilities that includes major modular OT emergency modular OT physiotherapy clinic ICU laboratories CT scanner Xray machines dental complex isolation ward and telemedicine facilities etcThe ship would be capable of operating an air wing consisting of 30 aircraft comprising MiG29K fighter jets Kamov31 MH60R multirole helicopters in addition to indigenously manufactured Advanced Light Helicopters ALH and Light Combat Aircraft LCA Navy Sheoran saidVikrant has successfully completed multiple phases of sea trials from August 21 last year to date where the ships performance including response of ships hull to various conditions of operations manoeuvring trials main propulsion power generation and distribution PGD ships navigation and communication systems among others were testedThe endurance testing of propulsion machinery electrical and electronic suites deck machinery lifesaving appliances integrated trials of majority of equipmentsystems and trials of other auxiliary equipment were ascertained and proved to the satisfaction of Indian Navys trials team and ships crewThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever