INS Ajay (2025)

History
India
Name	INS Ajay
Owner	Indian Navy
Operator	Indian Navy
Ordered	29 April 2019
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE)
Cost	₹789 crore (US$93 million) (FY2020)
Yard number	3034
Laid down	10 May 2024
Launched	21 July 2025
Identification	Pennant number: P34
Status	Launched
General characteristics
Type	Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft
Displacement	900 t (890 long tons)
Length	77.6 m (254 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draft	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Water-jet propulsion
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing; craft carried	1 × RHIB
Crew	57 (7 officers + 50 sailors)
Sensors &; processing systems	Combat suite:; ASW Combat Suite (presumably the DRDO-developed IAC MOD 'C' combat suite); Sonar:; DRDO Abhay Hull-Mounted Sonar (HMS); Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonar (LFVDS); Management systems:; Fire Control System (FCS); Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS); Automatic Power Management System (APMS); Battle Damage Control System (BDCS);
Armament	Anti-submarine warfare:; 1 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher; 2 × triple lightweight torpedo launchers (Advanced Light-Weight Torpedo (ALWT)); Anti-submarine mines (launched from mine-laying rails); Guns:; 1 × Naval Surface Gun (30 mm); 2 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun;
Notes	Largest class of waterjet-powered vessels in the Indian Navy.

INS Ajay is the second ship of the Arnala class of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC). The ship was ordered by the Indian Navy.