Naghdi c. 1969
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History | |
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Iran | |
Name | Naghdi |
Namesake | LtCdr. Nasrollah Naghdi |
Operator | |
Builder | Levingston Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 12 September 1962 |
Launched | 10 October 1963 |
Commissioned | 22 July 1964 |
Refit | 1970, 1978, 1988, 2009 |
Identification |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Bayandor-class corvette |
Displacement |
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Length | 84 m (276 ft) |
Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
Draft | 3.1 m (10 ft) |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 140 |
Notes | [1][2] |
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]