US Navy ships to avail ship repair facilities at Indian Shipyard

13 February, New Delhi

In a move of far reaching strategic consequences, US Navy has entered into a Ship Repair Agreement under which over 100 of the Seventh Fleet of US will avail services at a shipyard on Gujarat Coast.

The servicing and repairing works for over 100 warship strong seventh fleet of US Navy will be under taken at Pipavav Shipyard in Gujarat, which is owned by Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL).

Currently, the vessels of US Navy’s Seventh Fleet visit Singapore or Japan for such works.