On 23 December 2015, the Indian Navy hauled down its ensign from Indian Naval Ship Godavari, for the last time. In a ceremony at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of Staff, Headquarter Western Naval Command, decommissioned the 32 year old ship. The ceremony was attended by a large number of people including ex-Commanding Officers and crew of the ship, and senior officers of the Western Naval Command. At the time of decommissioning, she was commanded by Commander Vishal Rawal.