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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label"><a href="/wiki/Port_Blair" title="Port Blair">Port Blair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andaman_%26_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Andaman & Nicobar Islands">Andaman & Nicobar Islands</a> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Floating_Dock_Navy_(FDN)_INS_Jarawa_of_the_Indian_Navy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Floating_Dock_Navy_%28FDN%29_INS_Jarawa_of_the_Indian_Navy.jpg/300px-Floating_Dock_Navy_%28FDN%29_INS_Jarawa_of_the_Indian_Navy.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Floating_Dock_Navy_%28FDN%29_INS_Jarawa_of_the_Indian_Navy.jpg/450px-Floating_Dock_Navy_%28FDN%29_INS_Jarawa_of_the_Indian_Navy.jpg 1.5x, 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1964<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1964</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1964-present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Andaman and Nicobar Command">Andaman and Nicobar Command</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>INS Jarawa</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Naval_base" title="Naval base">naval base</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a> under the joint-services <a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Andaman and Nicobar Command">Andaman and Nicobar Command</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Port_Blair" title="Port Blair">Port Blair</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_%26_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Andaman & Nicobar Islands">Andaman & Nicobar Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gs-bases_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gs-bases-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was commissioned in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-in-transition_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-in-transition-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG/300px-FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG/450px-FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG/600px-FDN-1_Andaman_4140144.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Floating Dock FDN-1 at INS Jarawa.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/INS_Utkrosh" title="INS Utkrosh">INS Utkrosh</a> is an adjacent <a href="/wiki/Naval_air_station" title="Naval air station">naval air station</a>. <i>INHS Dhanvantari</i> is a naval hospital on the base.<sup id="cite_ref-gs-bases_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gs-bases-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-in-transition_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-in-transition-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=INS_Jarawa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 1962 <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a>, the Navy was tasked with the defence of the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_%26_Nicobar_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Andaman & Nicobar Islands">Andaman & Nicobar Islands</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Seaward_class_defense_boats" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaward class defense boats">Seaward class defense boats</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-in-transition_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-in-transition-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The base is named for the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">adivasi</a> <a href="/wiki/Jarawa_people_(Andaman_Islands)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarawa people (Andaman Islands)">Jarawa tribe</a> of the Andaman islands. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=INS_Magar_(1949)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="INS Magar (1949) (page does not exist)">INS <i>Magar</i></a>, an <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">amphibious warfare ship</a>, 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. </p><p>On 6 November 2002, the 180 meter long <a href="/wiki/Dry_dock#Floating" title="Dry dock">floating drydock</a> FDN1 sank in 24 meters of water off Port Blair. Only the dock crane tops remained above water. A <a href="/wiki/Svitzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Svitzer">Svitzer Salvage</a> team from Singapore and The Netherlands, aided by the salvage vessel <i>Perdana Sakti</i>, was engaged to refloat the drydock. After a 3-day lifting operation, the drydock was returned to the Indian Navy on 15 February 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Band">Band</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=INS_Jarawa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Band"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The INS Jarawa Band is currently attached to the ship and based in <a href="/wiki/Port_Blair" title="Port Blair">Port Blair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 as <a href="/wiki/Raj_Niwas,_Port_Blair" title="Raj Niwas, Port Blair">Raj Niwas, Port Blair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhash_Chandra_Bose_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island">Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marina_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marina Park (page does not exist)">Marina Park</a>. It also performs its standard music at <a href="/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)" title="Republic Day (India)">Republic Day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(India)" title="Independence Day (India)">Independence Day</a> parades as well as during international events and good-will visits of Indian and foreign warships.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=INS_Jarawa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Indian navy</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Navy_bases" title="List of Indian Navy bases">List of Indian Navy bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Indian_Navy_ships" title="List of active Indian Navy ships">List of active Indian Navy ships</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Integrated commands and units</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Special_Operations_Division" title="Armed Forces Special Operations Division">Armed Forces Special Operations Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Cyber_Agency" title="Defence Cyber Agency">Defence Cyber Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Defence_Staff" title="Integrated Defence Staff">Integrated Defence Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Space_Cell" title="Integrated Space Cell">Integrated Space Cell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_Command_Authority_(India)" title="Nuclear Command Authority (India)">Indian Nuclear Command Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Armed_Forces" title="Indian Armed Forces">Indian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Forces_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Forces of India">Special Forces of India</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other lists</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Forces_Command" title="Strategic Forces Command">Strategic Forces Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Indian Air Force stations">List of Indian Air Force stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Navy_bases" title="List of Indian Navy bases">List of Indian Navy bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_with_overseas_military_bases#India" title="List of countries with overseas military bases">India's overseas military bases</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Western Naval Command">Western Naval Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Naval_Command" title="Eastern Naval Command">Eastern Naval Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Naval_Command" title="Southern Naval Command">Southern Naval Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Joint</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Andaman and Nicobar Command">Andaman and Nicobar Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Forces_Command" title="Strategic Forces Command">Strategic Forces Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Cyber_Agency" title="Defence Cyber Agency">Defence Cyber Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Space_Agency" title="Defence Space Agency">Defence Space Agency</a></li> <li><a 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">New Delhi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INS_India" title="INS India">INS India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Western_Naval_Command" title="Western Naval Command">Western Naval Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INS_Dwarka" title="INS Dwarka">INS Dwarka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Sardar_Patel" title="INS Sardar Patel">INS Sardar Patel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Kadamba" title="INS Kadamba">INS Kadamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Vajrakosh" title="INS Vajrakosh">INS Vajrakosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INHS_Patanjali" title="INHS Patanjali">INHS Patanjali</a></li> <li>INS Gomantak</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Hansa" title="INS Hansa">INS Hansa</a></li> <li>INHS Jeevanti</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Angre" title="INS Angre">INS Angre</a></li> <li>INS Abhimanyu</li> <li>INS Agnibahu</li> <li>INHS Asvini</li> <li>INS Kunjali</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Shikra" title="INS Shikra">INS Shikra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Tanaji" title="INS Tanaji">INS Tanaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Trata" title="INS Trata">INS Trata</a></li> <li>INS Tunir</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Vajrabahu" title="INS Vajrabahu">INS Vajrabahu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Naval_Command" title="Southern Naval Command">Southern Naval Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INS_Dweeprakshak" title="INS Dweeprakshak">INS Dweeprakshak</a></li> <li>INS Minicoy</li> <li>INS Androth</li> <li>INS Bitra</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Garuda" title="INS Garuda">INS Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INHS_Sanjivani" title="INHS Sanjivani">INHS Sanjivani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Venduruthy" title="INS Venduruthy">INS Venduruthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Dronacharya" title="INS Dronacharya">INS Dronacharya</a></li> <li>INS Chilka</li> <li>INHS Nivrani</li> <li>INS Mandovi</li> <li>INS Hamla</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Shivaji" title="INS Shivaji">INS Shivaji</a></li> <li>INHS Kasturi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Valsura" title="INS Valsura">INS Valsura</a></li> <li>INS Agrani</li> <li>INS Zamorin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Satavahana" title="INS Satavahana">INS Satavahana</a></li> <li>INS Vishwakarma</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Jatayu" title="INS Jatayu">INS Jatayu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Naval_Command" title="Eastern Naval Command">Eastern Naval Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>INS Circars</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Dega" title="INS Dega">INS Dega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Virbahu" title="INS Virbahu">INS Virbahu</a></li> <li>INHS Kalyani</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Kalinga" title="INS Kalinga">INS Kalinga</a></li> <li>INS Eksila</li> <li>INS Karna</li> <li>INS Adyar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Rajali" title="INS Rajali">INS Rajali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Parundu" title="INS Parundu">INS Parundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Kattabomman" title="INS Kattabomman">INS Kattabomman</a></li> <li>INS Tuticorin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Netaji_Subhas" title="INS Netaji Subhas">INS Netaji Subhash</a></li> <li>INS Paradip</li> <li>INS Bhubaneswar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Varsha" title="INS Varsha">INS Varsha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command" title="Andaman and Nicobar Command">Andaman and Nicobar Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INS_Kardip" title="INS Kardip">INS Kardip</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">INS Jarawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Utkrosh" title="INS Utkrosh">INS Utkrosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Baaz" title="INS Baaz">INS Baaz</a></li> <li>INHS Dhanvantari</li> <li>INS Campbell Bay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/INS_Kohassa" title="INS Kohassa">INS Kohassa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Equipment</th><td 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