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The Indian Navy currently operates three[1] commands — Western Naval Command located at Mumbai, Southern Naval Command located at Kochi and Eastern Naval Command located at Visakhapatnam. The Andaman and Nicobar Command, a unified Indian Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard Command was set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2001.[2]

List of naval establishments

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Base City State/UT Role
Naval Headquarters
INS India New Delhi Delhi Logistics and Administrative support
Western Naval Command[3]
INS Dwarka Okha Gujarat Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Sardar Patel[4] Porbandar Logistics Support
NAE Porbandar[5] Naval Air Enclave at Porbandar Airport
INS Kadamba Karwar Karnataka Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Vajrakosh Naval ammunition and missile depot
INHS Patanjali Naval Hospital
INS Gomantak Vasco da Gama Goa Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Hansa Dabolim Naval Air Station
INHS Jeevanti Vasco da Gama Naval Hospital
INS Angre Mumbai Maharashtra Logistics and Administrative support
INS Abhimanyu MARCOS Base
INS Agnibahu Missile Boat Squadron Base; 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron
INHS Asvini Naval Hospital; Tri-service use[6]
INS Shikra Naval Air Station; formerly INS Kunjali
INS Tanaji Naval ammunition depot
INS Trata Coastal Missile Defence
INS Tunir Naval missile depot
INS Vajrabahu Submarine base
NAE Santa Cruz Naval Air Enclave at Mumbai Airport[7][8]
Southern Naval Command[9]
INS Dweeprakshak Kavaratti Lakshadweep Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Minicoy Minicoy Forward Operating Base[10]
INS Jatayu Forward Operating Base[11][12]
INS Androth Androth Forward Operating Base and Radar station[13]
INS Bitra** Bitra Forward Operating Base[14]
INS Garuda Kochi Kerala Naval Air Station
INHS Sanjivani Naval Hospital
INS Venduruthy Logistics and Administrative support
INS Dronacharya Naval Weapons Training
NAE Kochi Naval Air Enclave at Cochin International Airport[15]
INS Zamorin Ezhimala Logistics and Maintenance support to Indian Naval Academy
INS Chilka Khordha Odisha Naval Training (Sailors)
INHS Nivarini Naval Hospital
INS Mandovi Panaji Goa Provost and Physical Training School
INS Hamla Mumbai Maharashtra Combined Operations Training
INS Shivaji Lonavala Technical Training
INHS Kasturi Naval Hospital
INS Valsura Jamnagar Gujarat Electric Equipment Training
INS Rajali Arakkonam Tamil Nadu Naval Air Station
INS Agrani Coimbatore Leadership Training
Eastern Naval Command[13]
INS Satavahana Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Submarine Warfare Training
INS Vishwakarma Shipwright School[16]
INS Circars Logistics and Administrative support
INS Dega Naval Air Station
INS Virbahu Submarine base
INHS Kalyani Naval Hospital
INS Kalinga Naval Missile Depot
INS Eksila Marine gas turbine maintenance
INS Karna MARCOS Garrison[17][18]
INS Varsha** Submarine base
INS Badangi** Vizianagaram Naval Air Station[19][20]
INS Pudur** Pudur Telangana Submarine VLF facility[21][22][a]
INS Adyar Chennai Tamil Nadu Logistics and Maintenance support
NAE Chennai Naval Air Enclave at Chennai International Airport
INS Parundu Uchipuli Naval Air Station
INS Kattabomman Tirunelveli Submarine VLF/ELF facility[26]
INS Thoothukudi Thoothukudi Logistics support
INS Netaji Subhas Kolkata West Bengal Logistics and administrative support
INS Paradip** Paradip Odisha Forward Operating Base[27]
NAE Bhubaneswar** Bhubaneswar Naval Air Enclave at Bhubaneswar Airport[28]
Andaman & Nicobar Command[b]
INS Kardip Kamorta Andaman & Nicobar Islands Logistics support
INS Jarawa Port Blair Logistics and Administrative support
INS Utkrosh Joint Naval and Air Force Base
INHS Dhanvantri Naval Hospital
INS Baaz Campbell Bay Naval Air Station
INS Campbell Bay** Forward Operating Base[14]
INS Kohassa Diglipur Naval Air Station

Note:

** = Under construction

See also

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Indian navy related lists
Indian military related

Notes

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  1. ^ 1,174 hectares of forest lands under transferred in January 2024. Project completion by 2027.[23] Will include 3×500m tall towers and a township housing 700 officers and personnel. Foundation stone laying on 15 October 2024 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.[24][25]
  2. ^ This comes under a separate command part of the Indian Armed Forces and is not under the direct control by the Indian Navy.

References

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  1. ^ "The Commands | Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ Commanding the ocean. The Public Affairs Magazine. 11 February 2002
  3. ^ "Organisation of Western Naval Command, Mumbai | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  4. ^ "INS Sardar Patel: Indian Navy's new base commissioned in Gujarat – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ^ "H8".
  6. ^ "Plans under way to make Mumbai first tri-service common defence station". The Indian Express. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Indian Naval Air Enclave at Santa Cruz Inaugurated | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Indian Navy gets air enclave in Mumbai – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Southern Naval command chief reviews security in Lakshadweep – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  11. ^ Livemint (6 March 2024). "Indian Navy commissions 'INS Jatayu'—Significance of 2nd base in Lakshadweep". mint. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  12. ^ "New Navy base in Lakshadweep soon for 'better coverage of Indian Ocean'". India Today. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b "ENC Authorities & Units | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  14. ^ a b "India seeks to snip string of pearls – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Inauguration of Naval Air Enclave". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Shipwright School commissioned as INS Vishwakarma". The Hindu. 15 November 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Chief of the Naval Staff commissions INS karna – Marine Commandos get a new Base at Visakhapatnam". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Navy chief's maiden visit to ENC today". Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Historic Badangi airstrip to be revived". The Hindu. 16 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Badangi airstrip likely to be ready by 2018". The Times of India. 4 September 2015.
  21. ^ "Navy to reach ships and subs from Pudur – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  22. ^ "India to be second country to use ELF facility". The Hindu. 20 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Indian Navy chooses Vikarabad in Telangana to set up its second VLF communication transmission station - ET Government". ETGovernment. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  24. ^ Geetanath, V. (6 October 2024). "Three 500 metre tall VLF transmitter towers of Indian Navy to dot Vikarabad soon". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  25. ^ "Navy setting up base to control submarines on long-range patrols". The Times of India. 14 October 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  26. ^ "INS Kattabomman | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  27. ^ "N O I C (OR) | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  28. ^ "N O I C (OR) | Indian Navy".
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