NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Navy on Saturday inducted its first deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV).

The DSRVs are used for rescue of personnel in downed submarines. They are also deployed for various other missions including laying cables on the sea-bed. Some DSRV vessels are air transportable.

"It can be mobilized from the Indian Navy's naval base in Mumbai to the nearest port by air, land, and sea," the Times of India quoted an official spokesman of the Indian Navy as saying.

The second DSRV is expected to be inducted into the Indian Navy at the southern port city of Vishakhapatnam in 2019, said the English daily.