INS Jarawa

INS Jarawa
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Floating Dock Navy (FDN-1) at INS Jarawa
Type	Naval station
Site information
Controlled by	Indian Navy
Site history
Built	1964 (1964)
In use	1964-present
Garrison information
Occupants	Andaman and Nicobar Command

INS Jarawa is a naval base under the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar Command located in Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.^[1] It was commissioned in 1964.^[2]

Floating Dock FDN-1 at INS Jarawa.

INS Utkrosh is an adjacent naval air station. INHS Dhanvantari is a naval hospital on the base.^[1] A Floating Dock Navy (FDN-1) of nearly 40,000 tonnes is also operated to dock a large number of vessels under the A&N Command. A second, smaller floating dock (FDN-2) was also ordered in 2010.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

History

After the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the Navy was tasked with the defence of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Preparations for setting up naval establishments on the islands started in November 1962. In mid 1963, the first naval garrison of 5 officers and 156 sailors arrived in Port Blair. After the Seaward class defense boats were deployed to the islands, a maintenance and repair facility was created to support these small craft. INS Jarawa was then commissioned in 1964 as the base to oversee all naval operations on the islands.^[2] The base is named for the indigenous adivasi Jarawa tribe of the Andaman islands.

INS Magar (1949), an amphibious warfare ship, was the first major vessel to have INS Jarawa as its home port. Construction of a naval wharf for the base started in 1968. Comprehensive ship repair facilities were commissioned at the base in 1979.

References

1. 1 2 "Indian Naval Bases". Global Security. Retrieved 2012-01-09. 
2. 1 2 3 Vice Admiral Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani. "Chapter 20 - Maintenance, Repair And Refit Facilities". Transition to Triumph. Indian Navy. Retrieved 2012-01-09. 
3. ↑ "A floating behemoth that keeps Andaman and Nicobar Command afloat". The Times of India. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
4. ↑ "Indian Navy to acquire its second floating dock". The Economic Times. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
5. ↑ "Navy to build new floating dock at Port Blair". DNA India. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 
6. ↑ "Indian Navy's first floating dock". NDTV. Retrieved 10 February 2014. 

Coordinates: 11°40′27.49″N 92°44′8.3″E / 11.6743028°N 92.735639°E / 11.6743028; 92.735639