INS Kochi

INS Kochi is the second of the Kolkata-class destroyers currently under construction for the Indian Navy.

Construction
The keel of the Kochi was laid in 25 October 2005. In keeping with the tradition of the Navy, the warship was launched by Madhulika Verma, wife of Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, at 11.20 a.m. September 18, 2009 from the Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai. For the first time, Mazagon Docks used a "pontoon assisted" launching method in collaboration with a Russian firm Baltisky Zavod. Under this method, pontoons are welded to the hull, which give buoyancy and helps overcome tidal constraints. Mazagon plans to use this method for all future ship launches, as the process makes it possible to launch ships with much higher weight.