IRIS Gorz
1978 Iranian fast attack craft
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IRIS Gorz (Persian: گرز, lit. 'Mace') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft serving in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Being able to launch Mehrab (a reverse engineered version of RIM-66 Standard), she is considered the smallest warship in the world to operate such a missile.[citation needed] It is reportedly the only ship in her class that is capable of firing surface-to-air missiles, as of 2020.[2]
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| History | |
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| Name | Gorz |
| Namesake | Gorz |
| Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
| Ordered | 14 October 1974 |
| Builder | Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 5 August 1976 |
| Launched | 28 December 1977 |
| Commissioned | 22 August 1978 |
| Refit | 1996–1998 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Kaman-class fast attack craft |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW) |
| Propulsion | 4 × shafts |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Range | 2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 30 |
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| Notes | As reported by Jane's (1979)[1] |
History
During Iran-Iraq War, Gorz was assigned to Bushehr Naval Base.[3]
From 1996 to 1998, she was used for modernization trials.[4]
In the wargame Velayat 90, on 1 January 2012, she fired the Mehrab missile for the first time, marking its first operational test.[5][6] The ship was modernized in 2015–2021.[7]
