Submarine Museum

Submarine Museum

The Submarine Museum – INS Kurusura being set up at the Rama Krishna Beach in Visakhapatnam has a specialty. The Submarine Museum is the first submarine tuned to a museum in the whole of Asia and second in the World. INS Kusura is a Russian built submarine built on December 18, 1969. The submarine embarked on its journey on February 20, 1970, via the Baltic Sea and reached Visakhapatnam on May 11, 1970. Since then INS Kusura is being used by the Indian Defense. The Submarine is tuned into a first Submarine Museum on February 27, 2001. It was earlier brought to the sands off the Vizag beach shores from the sea. India’s Premier Defense Lab – National Ship Design and Research Center (NSDRC), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) and other organizations have extended their helping hands in bringing the submarine to the sands of the beach and facilitating the conversion into a museum. INS Kusura served for about 31 years before it was decommissioned and retired from nation’s defense services.