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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned the third and final Kolkata-c\ass destroyer INS Chennai into the Indian Navy on 21 November, commissioning of which marks completion of Project 15A for three indigenously designed and built guided missile destroyers. The follow-on Project 15B (Visakhapatnam-dass) continues, with the second ship of that class launched in September this year (see Vayu V/2016). Constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), the Kolkata-class entered service in 2014, with commissioning of INS Kolkata on 16 August that year, followed by INS Kochi on 30 September 2015.