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The '''''Gaj'' class''' offshore [[tugboat]]s are a series of two auxiliary watercraft built by [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]] Ltd., Kolkata, for the [[Indian Navy]]. The vessels in the class are Indian Navy's biggest tugboats and can be used for towing aircraft carriers.<ref name="br">{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/97-INS-Matanga.html | title=INS Matanga, Active Indian Navy ships | work=bharat-rakshak.com | access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
The '''''Gaj'' class''' offshore [[tugboat]]s are a series of two auxiliary watercraft built by [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]] Ltd., Kolkata, for the [[Indian Navy]]. The vessels in the class are Indian Navy's biggest tugboats and can be used for towing aircraft carriers.<ref name="br">{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/97-INS-Matanga.html | title=INS Matanga, Active Indian Navy ships | work=bharat-rakshak.com | access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Each vessel in the class has a 40-ton [[bollard pull]] and are powered by twin Garden Reach G7V diesel engines coupled to two propellers with a total output of 3920 bhp. They have four foam [[Fire monitor|monitors]] installed for firefighting operations. The vessels have a speed of 15 knots and are also fitted with diving and salvage equipment. They carry an RCC ([[recompression chamber]]) and can render limited submarine rescue services.<ref name=br /><ref name="hp">{{cite web|url=http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1284.aspx |title=ATF Gaj class |work=harpoondatabases.com |access-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222145558/http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1284.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/book/diving-cadre-and-chariot-project | title=Diving Cadre And The Chariot Project | publisher=Indian Navy | access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>
Each vessel in the class has a 40-ton [[bollard pull]] and are powered by twin Garden Reach G7V diesel engines coupled to two propellers with a total output of 3920 bhp. They have four foam [[Fire monitor|monitors]] installed for firefighting operations. The vessels have a speed of 15 knots and are also fitted with diving and salvage equipment. They carry an RCC ([[recompression chamber]]) and can render limited submarine rescue services.<ref name=br /><ref name="hp">{{cite web|url=http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1284.aspx |title=ATF Gaj class |work=harpoondatabases.com |access-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222145558/http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry1284.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/book/diving-cadre-and-chariot-project | title=Diving Cadre And The Chariot Project | publisher=Indian Navy | access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref>


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|A-51 || INS ''Gaj'' || September 1972 <ref>{{Cite web|title=INS Gaj commissioned|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/INS-Gaj-commissioned/articleshow/24806943.cms}}</ref> || 20 September 1973 || 14 August 1996 || <ref name=br /><ref name=hp />
|A-51 || INS ''Gaj'' || September 1972 <ref>{{Cite web|title=INS Gaj commissioned|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/INS-Gaj-commissioned/articleshow/24806943.cms}}</ref> || 20 September 1973 || 14 August 1996 || <ref name=br /><ref name=hp />
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|A-53 || INS ''Matanga''|| 29 October 1977 || 2 April 1983 || 27 January 2017  <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships |title=Indian Navy decommissions two ships |website=Jane's 360 |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref>  ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean Going Tug INS Matanga (A 53) |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-matanga |publisher=Indian Navy |access-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105045950/http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-matanga |archive-date=5 January 2014 }}</ref>
|A-53 || INS ''Matanga''|| 29 October 1977 || 2 April 1983 || 27 January 2017  <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships |title=Indian Navy decommissions two ships |website=Jane's 360 |date=30 January 2017 |access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref>  ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean Going Tug INS Matanga (A 53) |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-matanga |publisher=Indian Navy |access-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105045950/http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-matanga |archive-date=5 January 2014 }}</ref>
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