IRIS Naghdi (82)

Naghdi (Persian: نقدی‎) is a Bayandor-class corvette of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy serving in the Southern Fleet. Launched in 1963 and commissioned into the fleet in 1964, Naghdi was transferred to Iran by the United States under the Mutual Assistance Program.[1]

History
Iran
Name: Naghdi
Namesake: LtCdr. Nasrollah Naghdi
Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Builder: Levingston Shipbuilding Company
Laid down: 12 September 1962
Launched: 10 October 1963
Commissioned: 22 July 1964
Refit: 1970, 1978, 1988, 2009
Identification:
Status: In active service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Bayandor-class corvette
Displacement:
  • 914 tons standard
  • 1,153 tons full load
Length: 84 m (276 ft)
Beam: 10.1 m (33 ft)
Draft: 3.1 m (10 ft)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range:
  • 2,400 nmi (4,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 4,800 nmi (9,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 140
Notes: [1][2]

Service history

Naghdi and her sister ship Bayandor (81) arrived at The Ship Repair Facility in Guam on 10 April 1970 for an overhaul that took six months and costed Iran $1–1.5m. In the way home, the two made port calls to Subie Bay, Singapore, Colombo, Sri Lanka and Cochin, India.[3] An alleged dump of 50,000 gallons of fuel in the sea by the ships prior to the repair stirred a local controversy.[4] The two undergone another major repair in the same base in 1978.[5]

During the Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), her home port was in Bushehr Naval Base along with her three sister ships.[6]

Naghdi, her sister Bayandor and the amphibious ship Tonb (513) of the 50th naval group decked at Colombo, Sri Lanka and Mumbai, India during a multi-purpose anti-piracy, flag and training mission that started on 30 January 2018 and ended on 17 March 2018.[7]

See also

References
  1. Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 394, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
  2. Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, p. 184, ISBN 978-1557501325
  3. "6 Month Stay: Iranian Ships Depart Guam", Pacific Daily News, Agana Heights, Guam, p. 26, 26 September 1970
  4. Go, Janet (30 April 1970), "The Log: Iranian Ships", Pacific Daily News, Agana Heights, Guam, p. 21
  5. Murphy, Joe (26 September 1978), "Pipe Dream", Pacific Daily News, Agana Heights, Guam, p. 18
  6. Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Translated by Nicholas Elliott. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.
  7. Nadimi, Farzin (April 2020), "Iran's Evolving Approach to Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Strategy and Capabilities in the Persian Gulf" (PDF), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Policy Focus) (164), Appendix E: IRIN’s Long-range Task Forces And Naval Visits Abroad, pp. 64–74, retrieved 15 July 2020
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