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Kumbhir-class tank landing ship
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<h2 id="service-history">Service history</h2> <p>The last of the 3 remaining ships <i>Cheetah</i>, <i>Guldar </i>and <i>Kumbhir </i>are slated to be decommissioned on 12 January 2024 after 40 years of service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="ships-of-the-class">Ships of the class</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Pennant Number</th><th>Commissioned</th><th>Decommissioned</th><th>Homeport</th><th>Status</th></tr><tr><th colspan="6"> <a href="/facts/Indian_Navy/vpfWV6z2">Indian Navy</a></th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Ghorpad_(L14)/XHrpyg9a"><i>Ghorpad</i></a></td><td>L14</td><td>21 December 1974</td><td>11 January 2008</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Visakhapatnam/7vRuThoS">Visakhapatnam</a></td><td rowspan="8">Decommissioned</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Kesari_(1975)/ErSfQoNC"><i>Kesari</i></a></td><td>L15</td><td>15 August 1975</td><td>8 May 1999</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Shardul_(1975)/pvnLaoUh"><i>Shardul</i></a></td><td>L16</td><td>24 December 1975</td><td>June 1997</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Sharabh_(L17)/osBgo95a"><i>Sharabh</i></a></td><td>L17</td><td>27 January 1976</td><td>15 July 2011</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Cheetah_(L18)/L9g3N3lU"><i>Cheetah</i></a></td><td>L18</td><td>February 1985</td><td>12 January 2024</td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Port_Blair/BUAC3oce">Port Blair</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Mahish/lhl8uTQz"><i>Mahish</i></a></td><td>L19</td><td>4 June 1985</td><td>11 November 2016<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Guldar/FK70KISD"><i>Guldar</i></a></td><td>L21</td><td>December 1985</td><td rowspan="2">12 January 2024</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/INS_Kumbhir/67GaTwJo"><i>Kumbhir</i></a></td><td>L22</td><td>November 1986</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_active_Indian_Navy_ships/7HcllpcU">List of active Indian Navy ships</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_ships_of_the_Indian_Navy/mva0dw71">List of ships of the Indian Navy</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Indian Naval Ships-Landing Ship Tank - Kumbhir Class Archived 2010-12-16 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_kumbhir.htm" target="_blank">http://indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_kumbhir.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>@AN_Command (9 January 2024). "Indian Navy Ships Cheetah, Guldar & Kumbhir are scheduled for decommissioning after 40 years of glorious service" (Tweet) – via Twitter. <a href="https://x.com/AN_Command/status/1744649807506117014" target="_blank">https://x.com/AN_Command/status/1744649807506117014</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"INS Mahish Decommissioning Ceremony". Andaman Sheekha. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016. <a href="http://www.andamansheekha.com/2016/11/11/ins-mahish-decommissioning-ceremony/" target="_blank">http://www.andamansheekha.com/2016/11/11/ins-mahish-decommissioning-ceremony/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>