INLCU L51, the first of the eight ships of the Landing Craft Utility MK IV Class, was commissioned into the India Navy by Vice Admiral Bimal Varma AVSM, Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command, at a ceremony in Port Blair yesterday.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that conceived and designed indigenously, the commissioning of the ship adds a feather to the glorious chapter in the nation's 'Make in India' initiatives and indigenisation efforts in the field of warship design and construction. The ship has been built to assist in amphibious operations by carrying out beaching operations.