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Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) The 16 Anti-Submarine Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) being built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd and Cochin Shipyard Ltd (eight each) will have 'desi' hull-mounted sonar. This fact came to light during the launch of INS Androth, second in the series of the eight ASW SWCs being built by GRSE. This totally indigenous sonar has been specially developed for the ASW SWCs, Cmde (retd) P.R. Hari, Chairman and Managing Director, GRSE, said. Earlier in the day, Vice Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, had pointed…