Iranian Navy Unveils 150-Ton Floating Dock

Iranian Navy has received an indigenous floating dock with a capacity of launching 150-ton vessels, Fars News Agency (FNA) reported Wednesday.

“We can now claim that Iranian Navy experts have indigenized the know-how for building, repairing and maintaining different types of floating docks,” Flotilla Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, Naval Commander said on Monday.

“Building different destroyers, missile-launching frigates and warships, logistics warships and submarines to continue and expand the presence of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Navy in free waters is a main plan on the agenda of the Navy in the current (Iranian) year (which started on March 21) to promote this Force's scientific, military and defensive power,” he said.

The dock can also be used for relief and rescue missions in the Persian Gulf and the international waters; he announced the country's plans for renovation and launch of a new floating dock with the capacity of launching 800-ton vessels.