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'''INS Vajrabahu''' is an [[Indian Navy]] [[submarine base]] of the [[Western Naval Command]] located near [[Mumbai]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=gs-bases>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/ports.htm|title=Indian Naval Bases|publisher=Global Security|access-date=2012-01-09}}</ref> It was commissioned on 1 February 1996.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/ins-vajrabahu | title=INS Vajrabahu | publisher=Indian Navy | access-date=10 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024115713/http://indiannavy.nic.in/about-indian-navy/ins-vajrabahu | archive-date=24 October 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
After the Indian Navy acquired the [[Vela class submarine]]s in 1973 from the [[Soviet Union]], the submarine base operated from temporary facilities in Mumbai. The facilities for the submarine base continued to expand over time. With the commissioning of the [[Shishumar class submarine]]s, a submarine base complex (SMBC) was commissioned on 22 August 1987 by the then [[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]] [[Admiral (India)|Admiral]] [[R. H. Tahiliani]] in Mumbai for the submarine fleet of the Western Naval Command.<ref name=is-vajrabahu>{{cite web|url=http://indiansubmariner.com/history/015.php|title=The Second Submarine Base - INS Vajrabahu|publisher=The Indian Submariner|access-date=2012-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704170342/http://indiansubmariner.com/history/015.php|archive-date=4 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

This operations base was expanded to include submarine support facilities and commissioned as INS Vajrabahu on 1 February 1996 by Admiral VS Shekhawat. In the ensuing years, a Submarine Motion Control Simulator, Attack Simulator and a water tower building were added to the base.<ref>{{Cite web|title = INS Vajrabahu {{!}} Indian Navy|url = http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-vajrabahu|website = www.indiannavy.nic.in|access-date = 2015-12-28}}</ref>

== Objective ==
The base operates and maintains a sizable part of the Submarine Arm by providing material and logistic support to the [[Sindhughosh-class submarine|Sindhughosh Class]] and [[Shishumar-class submarine|Shishumar Class]] submarines based in Mumbai. It also has a non-dieted sick bay and handles preparation and maintenance of individual escape suits for submarine personnel. INS Vajrabahu is the seat of the [[Commodore Commanding Submarines (West)]] (COMCOS (W)). The COMCOS is also the [[commanding officer]] of the base.

== See also ==
; Indian Navy
* [[Commodore Commanding Submarines (West)]]
* [[INS Virbahu]]
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

; Integrated commands and units
* [[Armed Forces Special Operations Division]]
* [[Defence Cyber Agency]]
* [[Integrated Defence Staff]]
* [[Integrated Space Cell]]
* [[Nuclear Command Authority (India)|Indian Nuclear Command Authority]]
* [[Indian Armed Forces]]
* [[Special Forces of India]]

; Other lists
* [[Strategic Forces Command]]
* [[List of Indian Air Force stations]]
* [[List of Indian Navy bases]]
* [[List of countries with overseas military bases#India|India's overseas military bases]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Indian Navy}}

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INS Vajrabahu - Revision history

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