It is named after king Veera Pandya Kattabomman, who died during the Indian independence movement.

[1] After operationalising the base, India became the seventh country in the world to have developed the Very low frequency communication capability.

[6] On 31 July 2014, a new Very low frequency facility was inaugurated at INS Kattabomman.

[8] India is the second country after Russia to actively operate an Extremely low frequency facility; the United States had discontinued using it in 2004.

[9] This 2nd facility had the foundation stone laid in Oct 15 2024 with a plan to be operational by 2027 [10]