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Ghaem-class patrol craft

Class overview
Builders	Marine Industries Organization
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Syrian Navy
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	61 tons full load
Length	18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)
Beam	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)
Installed power	Diesel
Propulsion	2 × MWM TBD 234 V12 engines, 1,646 horsepower (1.227 MW) 2 × shafts
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	10
Sensors and processing systems	Surface search radar, I-band
Armament	2 × 7.62mm machine gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

The Ghaem (Persian: قائم, lit. 'risen-up', also known as MIG-S-1800) is a class of general-purpose patrol craft. The vessel is assembled in Iran, by Shahid Joolaee Marine Industries.

Its primary operators include the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, which operates them in the Northern Fleet. Iran has also exported Ghaem-class patrol boats to Syrian Armed Forces.

References

1. ^ Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 389, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
2. "Iran wraps up naval drill in Caspian Sea", Mehr News Agency, 6 July 2017
3. Shapir, Yiftah (August 2007), "The Syrian Army Buildup" (PDF), Strategic Assessment, 10 (2), Tel Aviv, Israel: The Institute for National Security Studies

v t e Ship classes of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Coastal warfare vessels	PTGF Tondar class
Patrol vessels	PB Ghaem class Pashe class Heidar class PBFT Peykaap I class Kajami class Gahjae class Tarlan class PBFG Azarakhsh class Peykaap II class Peykaap III class MK13 class PBF Ashura class Taregh class Zafar class RIB class Cougar class Seraj class MIL 55 class MIL 40 class Kashdom class Murce class Tir class
Amphibious warfare vessels	LSL Hormuz 21 class LST Hormuz 24 class
Auxiliary ships	AP Nasser class HARTH Shahid Nazeri class Shahid Soleimani class
List of equipment of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

v t e Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Submarines	SSK Kilo class SSC Fateh class SSW Nahang class Ghadir class
Principal surface combatants	FFG Moudge class Alvand class FSG Bayandor class
Coastal warfare vessels	PGGF Kaman class Sina class PC Parvin class Kaivan class Hendijan class
Amphibious warfare vessels	LSH Hengam class LSL Karbala class UCAC BH.7 class SR.N6 class Tondar class
Auxiliary ships	AWT Kangan class AORH Bandar Abbas class Ol class AK Delvar class
Future vessels	Project Loghman Project Negin Project Besat
List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

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