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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Kooseh, the first Iranian submarine


In the mid 1970's the Imperial Iranian Navy signed a contract to purchase three U.S. submarines from the U.S. Navy.

One of these submarines named Kooseh or Shark was purchased for $650,000 with an additional 26 million dollars spent for its complete overhaul.

The Imperial Iranian Navy sent their best officers and sailors to the U.S. so they could be trained at a U.S. submarine school.

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