combat control center of ghazi periscope held cdr k.r. niazi in 1965
on 5 august 1965, war broke out between india , pakistan result of covert infiltration in indian kashmir, , ghazi, @ time, under command of then-commander karamat rahman niazi, later ascend four-star admiral in navy. other officers served in ghazi then-lieutenant-commander ahmed tasnim (later promoted vice-admiral), sub-lieutenant fasih bokhari, , lieutenant zafar muhammad later command her, commander, in 1971.
she submarine in conflict arena deployed in war theatre mission scope of attacking heavy , major warships of indian navy. aided flotilla under command of commodore s.m. anwar launched naval attack on radar station in dwarka, gujarat, india. in addition, stalking ins vikrant, aircraft carrier, did not detect target during entire conflict. on 9 september 1965, ins beas made unsuccessful depth charge attack in attempt make contact ghazi.
on 17 september 1965, ghazi made surface contact , identified ins brahmaputra , fired 3 world war ii-origin mark 14 torpedoes , increased depth evade counterattack. according submarine war logs, there 3 distinct explosions heard @ time when torpedoes had impacted brahmaputra not sunk neither had been hit since warship did not released depth charge nor had detected homing signal. no ships sunk or damaged in area , ghazi safely reported base.
upon return, won ten war awards including 2 decorations of sitara-e-jurat, 1 tamgha-i-jurat, , president s citations , 6 imtiazi sanads while commander, cdr. k.r. niazi decorated sitara-e-jurat , chief petty officers decorated tamgha-i-jurat. not known ghazi s target or 3 mysterious explosions since no inquiry report ever submitted.
in 1968, ghazi made submerged circumnavigation of africa , southern europe karachi, pakistan gölcük, turkey. example of voyage route shown in map
after war, arms embargo placed in 1965–66 on both india , pakistan later waived united states strictly based on cash , carry method ghazi badly needing refitting. in 1967, navy applied renew four-year lease deal duly approved u.s. navy , u.s. government material state , equipment continued deteriorate. navy signed deal turkish navy refit , mid-life update carried out @ gölcük in turkey – facility update tench-class submarines.
because of six-day war in middle east had closed suez canal due egyptian navy s blockage in 1967, ghazi, under command of commander ahmed tasnim, had execute submerged circumnavigation in 1968 africa western europe began karachi coast cape of hope, south africa through atlantic ocean , ended @ east coast of sea of marmara gölcük naval shipyard located. chief of naval staff admiral s.m. ahsan had arranged necessary refitting of ghazi s computers @ karachi engineering , shipyard works (kesw) from local industry such desto.
during submerged circumnavigation voyage, briefly stopped @ mombasa, kenya refueling and, in maputo, mozambique before making farewell visit @ simon s town, south africa. passing through cape of hope, made stopover @ luanda, angola victualing , continued journey towards western europe stopover @ toulon, france greeted french navy. final stopover @ İzmir in turkey , submerged through east coast of sea of marmara docked @ gölcük naval shipyard facility upgrade tench-class based computers , other electromechanical equipments. took 2 months complete circumnavigation of africa , europe.
the deal refitting , mid-life upgrading of military computers reportedly cost ~$1.5 million ($11.1 million in 2015–16). program started in march 1968 , completed in april 1970 , believed u.s-made ill-fitted world war ii era mk.14/mk.10 naval mines bought under table turkey.
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