List of Indian Navy bases

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

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 Porbandar Logistics and Administrative support[4][5]
NAE Porbandar[6] Naval Air Enclave at Porbandar Airport
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[7]
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[8][9]
INS Gomantak Vasco da Gama Goa Logistics and Administrative support (to HQ and units of Goa Naval Area)[10]
INS Hansa Dabolim Naval Air Station
INHS Jeevanti Vasco da Gama Naval Hospital
INS Kadamba Karwar Karnataka Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Vajrakosh Naval ammunition and missile depot
INHS Patanjali Naval Hospital
Southern Naval Command[11]
INS Dweeprakshak Kavaratti Lakshadweep Logistics and Maintenance support
INS Jatayu Minicoy Forward Operating Base[12][13]
NavDet Androth Androth Naval Detatchment and Radar station (since May 2016)[14][15]
NavDet Bitra** Bitra Forward Operating Base[15]
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[16]
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[17]
INS Satavahana Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Submarine Warfare Training
INS Vishwakarma Shipwright School[18]
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[19][20]
INS Varsha** Submarine base
INS Badangi** Vizianagaram Naval Air Station[21][22]
INS Pudur** Pudur Telangana Submarine VLF facility[23][24][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[28]
INS Thoothukudi Thoothukudi Logistics support; FOB to be setup[15]
INS Netaji Subhas Kolkata West Bengal Logistics and administrative support
NavDet Paradip Paradip Odisha FOB to be setup[29][15]
NAE Bhubaneswar** Bhubaneswar Naval Air Enclave at Bhubaneswar Airport[30]
Andaman & Nicobar Command[b]
INS Kardip Kamorta Andaman & Nicobar Islands Forward Operating Base
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[15]
INS Kohassa Diglipur Naval Air Station

Note:

** = Under construction

See also

Indian navy related lists
Indian military related

Notes

  1. ^ 1,174 hectares of forest lands under transferred in January 2024. Project completion by 2027.[25] 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.[26][27]
  2. ^ This comes under a separate command part of the Indian Armed Forces and is not under the direct control by the Indian Navy.

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