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Hormoz 24 -class landing ship
Class overview Operators Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Built 1985–1986 Completed 3 Active 3 General characteristics Type Landing ship, tank Displacement 2,046 tons full load Length 73.1 m (239 ft 10 in) Beam 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) Draught 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) Installed power Diesel Propulsion
2 × Daihatsu 6DLM-22 engines, 2,400 horsepower (1.8 MW)
2 × shafts
Speed 12 knots (22 km/h)
Iran Hormoz 24 Persian : ایران هرمز ۲۴ ) is a class of landing ship tank operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
The vessels were built at a shipyard in Inchon , South Korea between 1985 and 1986.[ 1] [ 1] placeholder names Hormoz 24 , Hormoz 25 and Hormoz 26 .[ 2]
Having 110 spare berthings , Hormoz 24 vessels are able to carry 9 tanks or 140 troops.[ 1]
The vessels of this class in IRGC service are:[ 1]
^ a b c d 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. 392, ISBN 9780710631435 OCLC 919022075 ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1987), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International , 24 (1), International Naval Research Organization: 70, JSTOR 44889099
Ship classes of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
