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13-418: Flag Officer Submarines ( FOSM ) may refer to: Flag Officer Submarines (India) Commodore Submarine Service , earlier called Flag Officer Submarines . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flag Officer Submarines . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

26-536: A distress situation. The facility was constructed by Larsen & Toubro and is equipped with a five-meter escape tower integrated with an adjacent diving basin. This an addition to the Submarine Escape Training Facilities that were already established here in 1980s for crews of Sindhughosh-class and Shishumar-class submarines. The primary role of this establishment is to impart world class submarine and escape training to meet

39-646: A training establishment comes under the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command since the command is the training command of the Navy. FOSM provides necessary support to FOC-in-C South for technical aspects of submarine training. INS Satavahana INS Satavahana is the premier Submarine Training Base of the Indian Navy and is located at Visakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh . Training

52-607: Is carried out by the Submarine School (SMS) and the Escape Training School (ETS) and the School of Advanced Undersea Warfare (SAUW). The unit was originally an integrated training establishment set up on 11 March 1974 for the purpose of training officers and sailors for ships and submarines of Soviet origin. The establishment was later named INS Satavahana and commissioned on 21 December 1974. In 1986 it

65-668: The Indian Navy was formed with the commissioning of INS  Kalvari  (S23) in December 1967. Three other submarines – Khanderi , Karanj and Kursura were acquired from the Soviet Union and the 8th Submarine squadron was formed. The submarine base INS Virbahu in Visakhapatnam was commissioned on 19 May 1971 as the shore support base for submarines. The Commanding Officer of Virbahu functioned as

78-451: The 1990s, the need for a senior officer at Naval headquarters was felt. The officer would impart senior level advice on submarine matters. On 14 October 1996, the appointment of Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Submarines) (ACNS SM) was created. Rear Admiral Arun Kumar Singh, AVSM , NM took over as the first ACNS (SM). He also dual-hatted as the FOSM. While the policy decisions were taken by

91-730: The Captain of the submarine squadron and the class Authority for all submarines. In 1985, the Navy's Command and Control structure was streamlined. To rationalise Command and Control of the Submarine Arm, a single-point class authority was constituted which would be located at the Submarine Headquarters in Visakhapatnam. This authority would be responsible for all training and maintenance of submarines, analogous to Flag Officer Naval Aviation (FONA). The authority

104-545: The FOSM, the administration of the submarine HQ was carried out by a Commodore . The ACNS functioned under the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff . In January 2001, the post of ACNS (SM) was instituted as a separate billet. The ACNS (SM) is based at NHQ while the FOSM is based at Visakhapatnam. The submarine base INS Virbahu and the submarine training school INS Satavahana come under the FOSM. INS Satavahana, being

117-417: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flag_Officer_Submarines&oldid=1027010966 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Flag Officer Submarines (India) The submarine arm of

130-534: The sailors are examined by a board of senior submariners and awarded the coveted Dolphin Badge on qualification and commissioned as submariners in the Indian Navy. Training is also conducted for personnel from foreign navies, thus making it the most sought after submarine training establishments in the whole of South East Asia. Personnel from 25 countries including Vietnam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and South Africa have been trained here. Apart from training,

143-460: The stringent performance objectives and exacting standards of the Submarine Arm. It is the only integrated training establishment in the Indian Navy, as it carries out training for all branches of officers and sailors of the Submarine Arm. The conducts an entry level, year-long basic course which every submariner has to undergo. Six months are spent on training in campus followed by an equal amount of time on board an operational submarine. Following this

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156-682: Was christened Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM) and Rear Admiral Arun Auditto , AVSM , NM took over as the first FOSM. The FOSM was to be responsible to NHQ for all Class Authority and training functions in regard to submarines. The FOSM would be under the administrative control of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command . (FOC-in-C ENC), but interact with the FOC-in-C of both Eastern Naval Command and Western Naval Command on all matters related to his charter of duties. In

169-684: Was decided to disband the surface training school and convert INS Satavahana to an exclusive submarine training establishment. School of Advanced Undersea Warfare (SAUW) was established in December 2006 inside the premises of INS Satavahana, to train the crew of submarines of the nuclear submarines ( Arihant-class submarine ). The training for the Kalvari-class submarines is also being set up here. On 14 September, Indian Navy commissioned Kalvari Submarine Escape Training Facility, Vinetra , at INS Satavahana, Visakhapatnam to train personnel of all Kalvari-class submarine about escape procedures for

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