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'''INS ''Vagli'' (S42)''' was a {{sclass|Vela|submarine|0}} diesel-electric [[submarine]] of the [[Indian Navy]], commissioned in 1974.<ref name=in-vela>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm |title=Submarines of Indian Navy |access-date=6 August 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619071238/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sub_vela.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009 }}</ref> Along with her sister ship [[INS Vela (S40)|''Vela'']], she spent almost 10 years undergoing a protracted refit by [[Hindustan Shipyard]].<ref name="indiatoday2008">{{cite news|last1=Unnithan|first1=Sandeep|title=Navy's sub induction plan suffers blow|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/web-exclusive/story/navy-s-sub-induction-plan-suffers-blow-33547-2008-11-17|work=India Today|date=17 November 2008}}</ref> After 36 years of active service, INS ''Vagli'' was decommissioned on 9 December 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Navy-retires-INS-Vagli-India-down-to-14-subs/articleshow/7068747.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828182355/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-09/india/28264977_1_submarines-foxtrot-class-defence-acquisitions |url-status=live |archive-date=28 August 2012 |title=Navy retires INS Vagli, India down to 14 subs |last=Pandit |first=Rajat |date=9 December 2010 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brahmand.com/news/Indian-Navys-Foxtrot-submarines-to-retire-soon/3005/3/13.html |title=Indian Navy's Foxtrot submarines to retire soon | date=25 January 2010 | publisher=brahmand.com |access-date=6 July 2019 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128204819/http://www.brahmand.com/news/Indian-Navys-Foxtrot-submarines-to-retire-soon/3005/3/13.html |archive-date=28 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Images: The Last Post for a 36-yr-old warhorse |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-last-post-for-a-36-year-old-war-horse-vagli/20101210.htm |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Submarine museum proposal ==<br />
It has been proposed to convert ''INS Vagli'' into a Submarine museum on the likes of her sister ship ''[[INS Kursura (S20)|INS Kursura]]''. The ship was brought to the [[Chennai Port|Chennai Harbour]] on 25th March 2013 and later moved to [[Mamallapuram|Mammalapuram]] on April 6. and was handed over to the state for conversion into a Maritime Heritage Museum based near Mamallapuram.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-04-28 |title=INS Vagli towed back to Chennai port |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/ins-vagli-towed-back-to-chennai-port/article5953953.ece |access-date=2025-09-10 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shivakumar |first=C. |date=2013-03-26 |title=Vagli dives into history, to resurrect as Museum |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/Mar/26/vagli-dives-into-history-to-resurrect-as-museum-461980.html |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> However, following various contractual setbacks, the process did not come to fruitation and the submarine was towed to a vacant berth at the Chennai port in June 2014. The ship is still maintained by dock officials, though its condition continues to deteriorate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=India TV News |last2=News |first2=India TV |date=2014-01-27 |title=1 worker dies, 2 injured during maintenance work on INS Vagli |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/latest-news-1-worker-dies-2-injured-maintenance-work-ins-vagli-32964.html |access-date=2025-09-10 |website=India TV News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nair |first=Sthanu R. |date=2020-02-19 |title=Turning ships into museums |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/turning-ships-into-museums/article30863705.ece |access-date=2025-09-10 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-09-07 |title=What happened to TN's maritime heritage museum plan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/what-happened-to-tns-maritime-heritage-museum-plan/articleshow/54106974.cms |access-date=2025-09-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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