Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) INS Tihayu, which will now be deployed along the eastern coast for patrolling was commissioned into the Indian Navy by the Flag-Officer-Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command Vice-Admiral H.C.S. Bisht. Tihayu is the second ship of the four follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (FO-WJFAC), built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).

• The production of Car Nicobar-class vessels designed and built by GRSE was fast-tracked after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
  The 315-tonne INS Tahiyu is the sixth WJFAC Car Nicobar Class vessel to be commissioned and allotted to the Eastern Fleet of the Navy.
• According to Vice-Admiral Bisht, four of the vessels are based in Chennai and two, including Tahiyu, will be stationed in Visakhapatnam.
• Built by Kolkata-based shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), INS Tahiyu is the 20th vessel in this class to be built by the shipyard.
• It is an improved version of the earlier vessels and it can achieve a top operating speed of 35 knots per hour, said the Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE Rear Admiral (retd) A.K. Verma.
• The ship is fitted with three water jet propulsion systems, powered by marine diesel engines generating 2720 KW of power. Coming to the armament, it is loaded with an indigenously-built 30 mm CRN gun, an assorted variant of machine guns and shoulder-launched IGLA surface to air missile.
• The ship will be commanded by Commander Ajay Kashov and will have four officers and 41 crew members.