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2024-07-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

[Red State] Iran's navy does not have a very good track record. The Islamic Republic makes a lot of noise about its abilities, but in the end, it has stayed out of a hot war. Unmanned drones and their proxies like the Houthis are Iran’s best bet for keeping its navy from ending up on the ocean floor. Sometimes, Iran’s ships don’t need an enemy to end up sinking. In the past few years, Iran has seen three vessels sink due to accidents.

In January 2018, an Iranian destroyer named the Damavand (apparently, Iran names its destroyers after mountains) struck a breakwater in the Caspian Sea, rolled to starboard, and sank. The Damavand was launched in 2015.

In June 2021, another Iranian Naval warship named the Kharg caught fire and, 20 hours later, sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Oman.

On Monday, Iran’s most "advanced" warship, the destroyer Sahand (named, yes, for a mountain), was in dock for "repairs." Someone must have left a door open because the ship took on water and, according to Iranian news mouthpieces, "lost its balance." It slowly filled with seawater and rolled. The Sahand lost its balance and rolled to port, sinking into the silty muck.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-07-08 08:14|| || Front Page|| [11155 views ] Top
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#1 This is why you need a crew even in the yards.

Posted by Penguin_of_the_Desert 2024-07-08 08:55|| 2024-07-08 08:55|| Front Page Top

#2 I read someplace that the Iranians kept adding 'stuff' to the vessel's superstructure and apparently didn't take into account the effect on the vessel's buoyancy.

That and 'leaving the door open' (kind of like dropping a cigarette in the ammo storage compartment) might signal a failure in human cognition.

That and not keeping your dock areas dredged of 'silty muck' might make for a painful recovery.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-07-08 09:39|| 2024-07-08 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 When political/religious reliability are more important than competence. Welcome to DEI.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-07-08 10:41|| 2024-07-08 10:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, but the dock's still afloat.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-08 11:42|| 2024-07-08 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 For now the dock is afloat....that may change.

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-07-08 18:08|| 2024-07-08 18:08|| Front Page Top

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