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The 3,000-tonne hull of the first Project-15B guided missile destroyer, INS Visakhapatnam was launched on 20 April 2015 at Mazagon Docks in Mumbai with the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral RK Dhowan, as Chief Guest. The CNS lauded the contribution by MDL in meeting the Navy's growing requirements and also commended the efforts put in by the Navy's own Director General of Naval Design (Surface Ship Group), Rear Admiral AK Saxena, and his team in the design of the state-of-the-art warships.