Book Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, List of senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, Boragh, Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution, OWJ Tazarv, 2004 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel, Panha 2091, Iranian missile boat Joshan, Iranian frigate Alvand, Iranian frigate Sahand, Fajr F.3, Iranian frigate Alborz, Kowsar, Panha Shabaviz 2-75, Iran Kish Air Show, Fateh-110, Type-72Z Safir-74, Raad-2, Fajr-3, Shahab-2, Marzban, Hoot, Toophan, Zelzal-2, Shahab-1, Historical Iranian Navy vessels, Mohajer, Ghadr-110, Fajr-27, Shahab-4, Panha Shabaviz 2061, Misagh-2, Saegheh, Sagheb, Takavar, History of the Iranian Navy, Cobra BMT-2 APC, Misagh-1, Zelzal-3, HESA Dorna, Zelzal-1, Fajr 7, Qadr, List of Iranian Field Marshals, Ghods Industry, Mohajer 4, Toophan 2, Thaqeb, Sarji. Excerpt: The Iranian Navy has traditionally been the smallest branch of Iran's armed forces and is designed mainly for securing its own ports and coast. The Iranian navy was rebuilt after being almost completely destroyed during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in World War II. Following World War II, the fleet began replacing destroyed warships with destroyers, frigates and many smaller vessels, including powerboats and hovercraft, many of which originated from the U.S. and UK, which had played a part in destroying much of the original equipment in World War II. In the 1970s, Iran planned to extend its naval reach into the Indian Ocean; but this goal was curtailed by the Islamic Revolution (1979), and the ensuing western-backed first Gulf War (Iran-Iraq War) (1980-1988) which left it hampered in the face of the invasion. The last Shah of Iran ordered four modern destroyers from the United States, an order that was cancelled after the Shah fell. The ships were instead commissioned in the U.S. Navy as the Kidd class. In...