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INS Jarawa

Coordinates:11°40′27.49″N92°44′8.3″E/ 11.6743028°N 92.735639°E/11.6743028; 92.735639
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INS Jarawa(Indian Navy )
Port Blair,Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Floating Dock Navy (FDN-1) at INSJarawa
TypeNaval station
Site information
Controlled byIndian Navy
Site history
Built1964(1964)
In use1964-present
Garrison information
OccupantsAndaman and Nicobar Command

INS Jarawais anaval baseof theIndian Armed Forcesunder the joint-servicesAndaman and Nicobar Commandlocated inPort Blairin theAndaman & Nicobar Islands.[1]It was commissioned in 1964.[2]

Floating Dock FDN-1 at INS Jarawa.

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

History[edit]

After the 1962Sino-Indian War,the Navy was tasked with the defence of theAndaman & 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 theSeaward class defense boatswere 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 indigenousadivasiJarawa tribeof the Andaman islands.

INSMagar,anamphibious 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.

On 6 November 2002, the 180 meter longfloating drydockFDN1 sank in 24 meters of water off Port Blair. Only the dock crane tops remained above water. ASvitzer Salvageteam from Singapore and The Netherlands, aided by the salvage vesselPerdana Sakti,was engaged to refloat the drydock. After a 3-day lifting operation, the drydock was returned to the Indian Navy on 15 February 2003.[7]

Band[edit]

The INS Jarawa Band is currently attached to the ship and based inPort Blair.[8]The band was created in 1985 and has been a key component of military-civil relations in the city. It performed at various venues such asRaj Niwas, Port Blair,Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island,Marina Park.It also performs its standard music atRepublic DayandIndependence Dayparades as well as during international events and good-will visits of Indian and foreign warships.[9][10][11]

See also[edit]

Indian navy
Integrated commands and units
Other lists

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Indian Naval Bases".Global Security.Retrieved9 January2012.
  2. ^abcVice AdmiralGulab Mohanlal Hiranandani."Chapter 20 - Maintenance, Repair And Refit Facilities".Transition to Triumph.Indian Navy.Retrieved9 January2012.
  3. ^"A floating behemoth that keeps Andaman and Nicobar Command afloat".The Times of India.6 February 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 10 February 2014.Retrieved10 February2014.
  4. ^"Indian Navy to acquire its second floating dock".The Economic Times.29 September 2010.Retrieved10 February2014.
  5. ^"Navy to build new floating dock at Port Blair".DNA India.7 March 2010.Retrieved10 February2014.
  6. ^"Indian Navy's first floating dock".NDTV. 4 October 2010.Retrieved19 January2020.
  7. ^Svitzer Global (21 March 2014),(RE)FLOATING DRYDOCK,retrieved4 June2019
  8. ^Hiranandani, G. M. (2005).Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990 - G. M. Hiranandani - Google Books.ISBN9788170622666.Retrieved2 March2020.
  9. ^"Naval Band Performs At Marina Park".Andamanchronicle.net. 28 November 2016.Retrieved2 March2020.
  10. ^"Band Display at ITF Ground - 'Bharat Parv' Republic Day Celebrations 2018".Andaman Sheekha. 30 January 2018.Retrieved2 March2020.
  11. ^"INS Jarawa Turns Fifty Today".Andamanchronicle.net. 14 February 2014.Retrieved2 March2020.

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