INS Gaj is an offshore tugboat built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for the Indian Navy.

The propulsion is provided by two Volth Schneider propellers which allows for a 360 degree turn on the spot.

The ship can achieve a speed in excess of 12 knots with an endurance of ten days.

[1][2][3][4] It was commissioned on 10 October 2002 in Eastern Naval Command (ENC) by the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Raman Puri.

The ship has been named after the previous Gaj class tugboat INS Gaj (with the pennant number A-51) built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata commissioned in September 1973.