Ship maintenance facilities were established at INS Kardip soon thereafter.
2.
"' INS Kardip "'is a forward operating base of the Indian Navy under the joint-services Andaman and Nicobar Command located on Kamorta island in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
3.
Given the distance of these islands from Port Blair, the navy decided to establish a forward operating base there to station and support large patrol craft . " INS Kardip " was hence commissioned in 1973 on Kamorta island.