The INS Kurusura Submarine - a decommissioned submarine - was converted into South Asia's first submarine museum by the Eastern Naval Command in collaboration with the National Ship Design and Research Center and placed in Visakhapatnam. Inaugurated in 2002, the museum employs retired naval personnel as guides. Recognized by the Navy as a War Memorial, it offers visitors a glimpse of the military history that it was a part of. The museum is located on Beach Road, alongside TU 142M Aircraft Museum and Visakha Museum.

The INS Kurusura Submarine was a 91.3 metre long, Russian-make steel submarine, and was commissioned by the Indian Navy in 1969. Its twenty three year old history of service in the navy also includes the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.