INS Jamuna (J16)

INS Jamuna in the foreground
History
India
Name	INS Jamuna
Namesake	Jamuna River
Builder	Goa Shipyard Limited
Launched	4 September 1989
Commissioned	31 August 1991
Identification	IMO number: 9012018 Hull number: J16
Status	in active service
General characteristics [1]
Type	Hydrographic survey ship
Displacement	1,929 long tons (1,960 t) full
Length	87.8 m (288 ft 1 in)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) 14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	18 officers + 160 enlisted
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun
Aircraft carried	1 × HAL Chetak helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helipad

INS Jamuna (J16) is a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Southern Naval Command. Jamuna is equipped with a helicopter, a Bofors 40 mm gun, four survey motor boats, and two small boats. The ship has the distinction of being associated with relief work in the wake of the Gujarat earthquake, Tsunami 2004, as well as Operation Vijay during the Kargil war. Jamuna was also awarded a Mention in Dispatches.^[2]