INS Gomati decommissioned after 34 years of service

Context

INS Gomati was decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

What is INS Gomati?

• Gomati was designed by the Indian Navy and built in an Indian shipyard, and these were initial steps towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India).
• This was built by Mazagon Dock Ltd in Mumbai.
• INS Gomati was a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of the Indian Navy.
• This INS Named After River Gomti.
• The present INS Gomati was commissioned on 16 April 1988, by then defence minister at the Mazgaon Dock.
• Gomati's legacy will be kept alive in an open air museum being set up on the banks of the Gomti river (from which the frigate derives her name) in Lucknow where several of her combat systems will be displayed as military and war relics.
• The Uttar Pradesh government and Indian Navy have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for this purpose. 
• The INS Gomati will be commissioned in a new avatar in the Indian Navy.
• The ship was twice awarded the coveted Unit Citation, once in 2007-08 and in 2019-20. The earliest avatar of INS Gomati was decommissioned in 1979.
• Operations Participated by INS Gomati During her service-
• Operations Cactus
• Parakram
• Rainbow
• several bilateral and multinational naval exercises
• Significance: When decommissioning, INS Gomati was the oldest warrior of the Western Fleet.