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In 1958, the Union Cabinet approved the proposal for establishing a naval base and dockyard in Visakhapatnam. In 1962, a new jetty and a workshop building were sanctioned, as well as the acquisition of 550 acres of land from the Port Trust. In 1972, the BRO was renamed to Naval Dockyard. [2]
The oldest naval establishment of the Eastern Seaboard was the INS Circars, Visakhapatnam, which was identified as "an important convoy assembly point" for the Royal Indian Navy flotillas. A small Naval Base was established there on 12 December 1939 and the base was designated as HMIS Circars on 12 April 1942. [ 10 ]
In November 2018, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent (ASD) of Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam). [3] For his tenure as ASD, he was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 January 2020. [6] In the same month, he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and took over as the Director General Naval Projects, Visakhapatnam. [7]
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.
Visakhapatnam is the headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command, the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (a DRDO Lab), a Chief Quality Assurance Establishment (CQAE), an EFS office, a Naval Dockyard (established in 1949) and Naval Bases including INS Virbahu, INS Karna, INS Kalinga, INS Samudrika, INS Satavahana, and INS Dega.
Naval Dockyard (Mumbai) Rear Admiral: Ankur Sharma AVSM [67] Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam) K. Srinivas [68] Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Kochi Subir Mukherjee NM [69] Admiral Superintendent Naval Ship Repair Yard, Karwar Ajay Patney [70]
INS Varsha would de-congest the Visakhapatnam Port, which is used by both the Navy and the civilian Ministry of Shipping.The navy's dockyards at Vizag are facing shortage of berthing space due to the rapid expansion of the Eastern fleet, which grew from 15 major warships in 2006 to 46 in 2012, and is still expanding.
Visakhapatnam port inner harbour view. Although the need for building a port on the east coast to access Central Provinces was felt by the British in the 19th century, the proposal of Col. H.Cartwright Reid of British Admiralty for constructing a harbour at Visakhapatnam was approved by the Government only after the First World War.