in the Caspian Sea, where it spent years calling on its neighbors to join it in demilitarizing the sea. The new warship has been under construction for some years at a shipyard in Bandar Enzeli. The Navy said it would be a sister ship to the Jamaran (photo) “destroyer” launched in the Persian Gulf several months ago. While Iran persists in calling the vessels “destroyers,” it acknowledges they displace only 1,420 tons, which equates to a corvette in the US Navy, the ship class two levels below a destroyer. Admiral Mahmud Musavi, commander of the Northern Fleet, said the new “destroyer” would be comprised entirely of Iranian-made components. That was what the Islamic Republic said of the Jamaran, even after photos clearly showed a European manufacturer’s plate on one piece of gear mounted on the deck.
