Vizag: 4K school children visits war ships

As part of Navy Week celebrations, three warships of the Eastern Fleet namely -- INS Rajput, INS Kulish and INS Kamorta -- were open for visit by children here for the past two days.
The event got an overwhelming response with over 4,000 students from 80 schools including 280 special children of Visakhapatnam visiting the ships, according to a Navy release issued today.
The students were taken on a guided tour of the ships and briefed about the diverse weapons and equipment fitted on board.
A career counselling cell was also setup where the students were explained on various entry schemes to join Indian Navy, the release added.

The visitors were explained about various naval evolution and operations by means of photoboards and projection systems.
INS Rajput, a guided missile destroyer, is loaded with state of the art sensors and weapons, designed for multi-dimensional combat operations.

INS Kamorta is the first stealth Anti-submarine Warfare Corvette indigenously designed by India Navys in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design and built by Garden Reach Shipyard (GRSE), Kolkata.
Its weapons and sensors include torpedoes, ASW rockets, medium range gun and close-in weapon system guns.
INS Kulish is a Kora-class corvettes designed under Project 25A and is armed with surface to surface missile, medium range gun and close-in weapon systems guns, it added.