List of Indian Navy bases

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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

BaseCityState/UTRole
Shore Establishments
INS IndiaNew DelhiDelhiLogistics and Administrative support; Naval Headquarters
INS AravaliGurugramHaryanaNaval Information and Communication centre support to enhance C2 and MDA.

Commissioned on 12 Sept 25 with the motto "Maritime Security through Collaboration".[3][4][5]

Western Naval Command[6]
INS DwarkaOkhaGujaratLogistics and Maintenance support
INS Sardar PatelPorbandarLogistics and Administrative support[7][8]
NAE Porbandar[9]Naval Air Enclave at Porbandar Airport
INS AngreMumbaiMaharashtraLogistics and Administrative support
INS AbhimanyuMARCOS Base
INHS SandhaniNaval Hospital[10]
INS AgnibahuMissile Boat Squadron Base; 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron
INHS AsviniNaval Hospital; Tri-service use[11]
INS ShikraNaval Air Station
INS TanajiNaval ammunition depot
INS TrataCoastal Missile Defence
INS TunirNaval missile depot
NH PowaiNaval Hospital
INS VajrabahuSubmarine base
NAE Santa CruzNaval Air Enclave at Mumbai Airport[12][13]
INS GomantakVasco da GamaGoaLogistics and Administrative support (to HQ and units of Goa Naval Area)[14]
INS HansaDabolimNaval Air Station
INHS JeevantiVasco da GamaNaval Hospital
INS KadambaKarwarKarnatakaLogistics and Maintenance support
INS VajrakoshNaval ammunition and missile depot
INHS PatanjaliNaval Hospital
Southern Naval Command[15]
INS DweeprakshakKavarattiLakshadweepLogistics and Maintenance support
INS JatayuMinicoyForward Operating Base[16][17]
NavDet AndrothAndrothNaval Detachment and Radar station (since May 2016)[18][19]
NavDet Bitra**BitraForward Operating Base[19] Construction complete. To be fully functional from 2026.[20]
INS GarudaKochiKeralaNaval Air Station
INHS SanjivaniNaval Hospital
INS VenduruthyLogistics and Administrative support
INS DronacharyaNaval Weapons Training
NAE KochiNaval Air Enclave at Cochin International Airport[21]
INS ZamorinEzhimalaLogistics and Maintenance support to Indian Naval AcademyINHS NavjivaniNaval Hospital
INS ChilkaKhordhaOdishaNaval Training (Sailors)
INHS NivariniNaval Hospital
INS MandoviPanajiGoaProvost and Physical Training School
INS HamlaMumbaiMaharashtraCombined Operations Training
INS ShivajiLonavalaTechnical Training
INHS KasturiNaval Hospital
INS ValsuraJamnagarGujaratElectric Equipment Training
INS RajaliArakkonamTamil NaduNaval Air Station
INS AgraniCoimbatoreLeadership Training
Eastern Naval Command[22]
INS SatavahanaVisakhapatnamAndhra PradeshSubmarine Warfare Training
INS VishwakarmaShipwright School[23]
INS CircarsLogistics and Administrative support
INS DegaNaval Air Station
INS VirbahuSubmarine base
INHS KalyaniNaval Hospital
INS KalingaNaval Missile Depot
INS EksilaMarine gas turbine maintenance
INS KarnaMARCOS Garrison[24][25]
INS Varsha**Submarine base
INS Badangi**VizianagaramNaval Air Station[26][27]
INS Pudur**PudurTelanganaSubmarine VLF facility[28][29][a]
INS AdyarChennaiTamil NaduLogistics and Maintenance support
NAE ChennaiNaval Air Enclave at Chennai International Airport
INS ParunduUchipuliNaval Air Station
INS KattabommanTirunelveliSubmarine VLF/ELF facility[33]
INS ThoothukudiThoothukudiLogistics support; FOB to be set up[19]
INS Netaji SubhasKolkataWest BengalLogistics and administrative support
INS Haldia**HaldiaLogistics and administrative support[34]
NavDet ParadipParadipOdishaFOB to be set up[35][19]
NAE Bhubaneswar**BhubaneswarNaval Air Enclave at Bhubaneswar Airport[36]
Andaman & Nicobar Command[b]
INS KardipKamortaAndaman & Nicobar IslandsForward Operating Base
INS JarawaSri Vijaya PuramLogistics and Administrative support
INS UtkroshJoint Naval and Air Force Base
INHS DhanvantriNaval Hospital
INS BaazCampbell BayNaval Air Station
INS Campbell Bay**Forward Operating Base[19]
INS KohassaDiglipurNaval 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.[30] Will include 3×500m tall towers and a township housing 700 officers and personnel. Foundation stone laying on 15 October 2024 by Defence MinisterRajnath Singh.[31][32]
  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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  2. ↑Commanding the ocean. The Public Affairs Magazine. 11 February 2002
  3. ↑"Indian Navy to strengthen its Maritime Domain Awareness capability with commissioning of INS Aravali at Gurugram" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ↑Ray, Kalyan (11 September 2025). "Indian Navy to operationalise new info centre in Gurugram today". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  5. ↑"INS Aravali Commissioned as Navy's new nerve centre in Gurugram". The Hindu. 12 September 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. ↑"Organisation of Western Naval Command, Mumbai | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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  8. ↑"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.
  9. ↑"H8".
  10. ↑"Inauguration of New Building – INHS Sandhani" (Press release). Indian Navy. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  11. ↑"Plans under way to make Mumbai first tri-service common defence station". The Indian Express. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  12. ↑"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.
  13. ↑"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.
  14. ↑"#KnowYourNavy Indian Naval Ship Gomantak, a base depot ship, was commissioned into the #IndianNavy on 07 March 1964..."Facebook. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  15. ↑"Organisation of Southern Naval Command, Kochi | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  16. ↑Livemint (6 March 2024). "Indian Navy commissions 'INS Jatayu'—Significance of 2nd base in Lakshadweep". mint. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  17. ↑"New Navy base in Lakshadweep soon for 'better coverage of Indian Ocean'". India Today. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  18. ↑Deshpande, Smruti (3 March 2024). "Navy to enhance operational capability with commissioning of INS Jatayu at Lakshadweep's Minicoy Island". ThePrint. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
  19. 12345"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.
  20. ↑Rajwi, Tiki (2 December 2025). "Military presence in Lakshadweep to go up with new naval detachment on Bitra: Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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  23. ↑"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.
  24. ↑"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.
  25. ↑"Navy chief's maiden visit to ENC today". Archived from the original on 11 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  26. ↑"Historic Badangi airstrip to be revived". The Hindu. 16 July 2016.
  27. ↑"Badangi airstrip likely to be ready by 2018". The Times of India. 4 September 2015.
  28. ↑"Navy to reach ships and subs from Pudur – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  29. ↑"India to be second country to use ELF facility". The Hindu. 20 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  30. ↑"Indian Navy chooses Vikarabad in Telangana to set up its second VLF communication transmission station - ET Government". ETGovernment. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  31. ↑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.
  32. ↑"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.
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  34. ↑"Fast Attack Craft, Bay of Bengal Focus: Why India's New Haldia Naval Base Matters | Exclusive". www.timesnownews.com. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
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