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Sunday, December 01, 2013

Domestically overhauled warship rejoins Iran’s naval fleet

Lavan LSLHA domestically overhauled warship, named the Lavan, and a domestically overhauled SH3D helicopter rejoined the Iranian Navy in a ceremony held on Saturday in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

The commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, attended the ceremony which was held on the occasion of National Navy Day.

A Navy official said during the ceremony that the project to overhaul the 3,000-ton Lavan warship, which is able to carry battle tanks and personnel carriers, had taken 254,000 man-hours in 33 months.

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