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IRANIAN NAVY (IRAN)

COASTAL FORCES

KEYVAN large patrol craft (1956-1959)

Keyvan 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate

كيفن [Keyvan]

PC61, 1976- 201

 

USCG Yd, Curtis Bay, USA

 

  1.1956

in service (2019)

مهرن [Mehran] PC62, 1976- 203  

USCG Yd, Curtis Bay, USA

    1959

in service (2019)

ترن [Tiran], 1985- أزدي [Azadi] PC63, 1976- 202  

USCG Yd, Curtis Bay, USA

    1957

in service (2019)

مهن [Mahan] PC64, 1976- 204  

USCG Yd, Curtis Bay, USA

    1959 sunk 1980/81

 

Displacement standard, t

85

Displacement full, t

107

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

2.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Cummins VT-12-M700 diesels

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCR (8)

Electronic equipment radar, sonar

Complement

15

Project history: US 95ft Coast Guard cutters, built for Iran under MDAP.

Modernizations: 1980, all: - 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap ASWRL, 2 DCR; + 1 x 2 - 23/87 ZU-23-2, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

late 2010s, all survived: - 1 x 2 - 23/87; + 2 x 1 C-704 SSM (2 C-704), 1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

Naval service: No significant events.

Mahan 1975

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