Hormuz 24-class landing ship

Iran Hormoz 24 (Persian: ایران هرمز ۲۴) is a class of landing ship tank operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Hormoz 24-class landing ship

Class overview
Operators	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Built	1985–1986
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Landing ship, tank
Displacement	2,046 tons full load
Length	73.1 m (239 ft 10 in)
Beam	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × Daihatsu 6DLM-22 engines, 2,400 horsepower (1.8 MW) 2 × shafts
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)

History

The vessels were built at a shipyard in Inchon, South Korea between 1985 and 1986.^[1] The vessels are reportedly registered as merchant ships in official documents.^[1] All three were launched on 20 December 1985, and were given placeholder names Hormoz 24, Hormoz 25 and Hormoz 26.^[2]

Description

Having 110 spare berthings, Hormoz 24 vessels are able to carry 9 tanks or 140 troops.^[1]

Ships in the class

The vessels of this class in IRGC service are:^[1]

Ship	Namesake	Hull number	Status
Farsi	Farsi Island	24	In service
Sardasht	Sardasht	25	In service
Sab Sahel	Unknown	26	In service