INS Kursura (S20)

INS Kursura underway
History
India
Name	INS Kursura
Builder	Sudomekh, Admiralty Shipyard, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Launched	25 February 1969
Commissioned	18 December 1969
Decommissioned	27 February 2001
Identification	S20
Fate	Museum ship at RK Beach, Visakhapatnam
General characteristics
Class and type	Kalvari-class submarine
Displacement	1,950 t (1,919 long tons) surfaced 2,475 t (2,436 long tons) submerged
Length	91.3 m (300 ft)
Beam	7.5 m (25 ft)
Draught	6 m (20 ft)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) submerged
Range	20,000 mi (32,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 380 mi (610 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) submerged
Test depth	985 ft (300 m)
Complement	75 (incl 8 officers)
Armament	10 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes with 22 Type 53 torpedoes 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes

INS Kursura (S20) was a Kalvari-class (variant of the Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy. It was India's fourth submarine. Kursura was commissioned on 18 December 1969 and was decommissioned on 27 February 2001 after 31 years of service. It participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, where it played a key role in patrol missions. It later participated in naval exercises with other nations and made many goodwill visits to other countries.

After decommissioning, It was dedicated to the Nation by the Chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on 9 August 2002^[1][2] and was preserved as a museum for public access from 24 August 2002 making its final journey to Visakhapatnam on RK Beach. Kursura has the distinction of being one of the very few submarine museums to retain originality and has been called a "must-visit destination" of Visakhapatnam. Despite being a decommissioned submarine, she still receives the navy's "Dressing Ship" honour, which is usually awarded only to active ships.