Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy

U.S. Sending Destroyer, F-35s, F-16s to Protect Merchant Ships in Middle East

Guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116) transits the Suez Canal July 14, 2023. US Navy Photo

The U.S. is sending a mix of Air Force fighters and a guided-missile destroyer to escort ships in and out of the Persian Gulf, a Pentagon press secretary said Monday.

The U.S. is dispatching a mix of F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters and F-16 Falcon fighters to supplement forces already in U.S. Central Command as Iranian forces continue to attempt to seize merchant ships in and around...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/17/u-s-sending-destroyer-f-35s-f-16s-to-protect-merchant-ships-in-middle-east

Iranian Navy Says They Had Court Order to Seize Tanker Richmond Voyager

Iranian Navy corvette IRINS Bayandor (81) on July 6, 2023. US Navy Photo

Officials in Tehran are claiming the warship that attempted to seize an oil tanker operating off the coast of Oman acted under a court order, according to Iranian state-controlled media.

Iranian search and rescue officials claimed oil tanker Richmond Voyager collided with an Iranian vessel injuring five crew members, the official IRINN news agency reported.

As a result, Tehran deployed the Iranian Navy corvette IRINS Bayandor

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/06/iranian-navy-says-they-had-court-order-to-seize-tanker-richmond-voyager

U.S. 5th Fleet Increasing Patrols in Strait of Hormuz in Response to Iranian Seizures

A screenshot of a video showing fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023. US Navy Photo

U.S. 5th Fleet, along with other allies in the Middle East, will increase the number of ships and aircraft patrolling the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s recent seizures of merchant vessels, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced Friday.

The increased patrols are meant to deter any...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/12/u-s-5th-fleet-increasing-patrols-in-strait-of-hormuz-in-response-to-iranian-seizures

VIDEO: Iran Seizes Second Oil Tanker in Less Than a Week

A screenshot of a video showing fast-attack craft from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy swarming Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023. US Navy Photo

Iranian forces have seized the second oil tanker in less than a week, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command announced in a Wednesday release.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seized Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to the NAVCENT...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/03/video-iran-seizes-second-oil-tanker-in-less-than-a-week

Containership being rebuilt into drone aircraft carrier for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards

The former containership Perarin, now renamed Shahid Mahdavi, has been in dry dock at the ISOICO shipyard west of Bandar Abbas since May 2022. The 249-metre vessel has be ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/containership-being-rebuilt-into-drone-aircraft-carrier-for-irans-islamic-revolutionary-guards/

Navy Wants 100 Unmanned Ships Monitoring Middle East Waters by Next Year

A Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) operates with guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) in the Arabian Gulf during exercise Phantom Scope, Oct. 7, 2022. US Navy Photo

The United States and its allies want a force of 100 unmanned surface vessels patrolling waters from the Red Sea into the Persian Gulf by next summer, the commander of U.S. 5th Fleet said on Tuesday.

“We’ve established a goal to have 100 unmanned surface vessels available for patrol in waters around...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/11/navy-wants-100-unmanned-ships-monitoring-middle-east-waters-by-next-year

VIDEO: Navy thwarts Iranian attempt to steal a Saildrone

As we reported yesterday, shipbuilder Austal USA has entered into strategic partnership with Saildrone, Inc. to build autonomous uncrewed surface vessels for the Navy. In fact, the U.S, already has a number of Saildrones in operation, and this week Iran tried to snaffle one of them.

[2 of 3] Here is a video showing support ship Shahid Baziar, from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unlawfully towing a U.S. Saildrone Explorer unmanned vessel in international waters of the Arabian...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/video-navy-thwarts-iranian-attempt-to-steal-a-saildrone/

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