DSC A24: India's Fifth Indigenous Diving Support Craft Strengthening Naval Capability
4 August 2026
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DSC A24: India's Fifth Indigenous Diving Support Craft Strengthening Naval Capability
The DSC A24 (Yard 329) is the fifth and final Diving Support Craft (DSC) built under the Indian Navy's indigenous five-vessel programme. It was recently launched at Titagarh, Kolkata, by Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) as part of India's Make in India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. The project, contracted on 12 February 2021, has a total cost of approximately ₹174.77 crore for five vessels.
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DSC A24, India's fifth indigenous diving support craft launched at Titagarh, strengthens naval capability for underwater operations and coastal security with 70% indigenous components.
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DSC A24diving support craftindigenous naval vesselTitagarh Kolkataunderwater operationscatamaran designMake in Indianaval capabilitystrategic autonomymaritime security