U.S. Navy Decoms Trenton, Transfers to Indian Navy

[Robbien]

NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The amphibious transport dock ship USS Trenton (LPD 14), was decommissioned Jan. 17 in a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk. Immediately following the decommissioning, Trenton was recommissioned and transferred to the Indian Navy, bearing the name INS Jalashwa.

The event marks the first time a U.S. Navy vessel has been transferred to the Indian navy.

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=27342

and from Indian news site

But with it's six H-3 Sea King transport helicopters and an assortment of smaller boats, the Trenton flotilla, which will be formally commissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Jalashva (Sanskrit for seahorse), is in a different league altogether.

It is expected to expand India's aspiring blue water Navy to enable both troop movements and relief and rescue on both sides of the subcontinent.

Trenton was commissioned in 1971 and has seen action in Lebanon and Somalia among other places, landing US troops and rescuing American citizens.

New Delhi purchased the ship for a $ 48.44 million. The Trenton experience may lead New Delhi to consider other US purchases.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/The_United_States/US_carrier_now_Navys_will_be_called_Jalashva/articleshow/1260655.cms

[Deja Q]

1. They'd better burn the receipt!

:rofl:

Or at least use Microsoft products to house the accounting info so it can readily get accidentally deleted... :spray:

[HappyWeasel]

2. well...

I am glad we are improving relations with another relatively free country.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Who's next - Newark? - Jersey City? - Hoboken?

Selling cities can be touchy business.

[stonecoldsober]

4. We're gonna need them when Pakistan blows up