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HCC announces inauguration of Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier dock in Mumbai

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Last Updated : Sep 28 2019 | 2:31 PM IST
Hindustan Construction Company announced the inauguration of Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier dock in Mumbai by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 28 September 2019.

The Aircraft Carrier Dock (ACD) is the largest dock of the lndian Navy measuring a mammoth 281 m in length, 45 m in breadth and 17 m in depth. This dock can accommodate the pride of the lndian Navy, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.

The ACD is also the first lndian dry dock built into the sea, thereby conserving premium land space and providing the Navy with 0.5 km of crucial berthing space.

The Director General of Naval Project (DGNP), Mumbai, had awarded HCC the contract to construct the dry dock and to strengthen the associated North and South wharves on April 12, 2010.

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First Published: Sep 28 2019 | 2:07 PM IST

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