The Iranian navy's largest ship sank after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, where mysterious explosions have hit other vessels in recent years.

Makran itself is an unusual support ship for the Iranian Navy and may replace Kharg in the training role. The converted oil tanker is around 755 feet long and was launched in October 2020.

Iran has not confirmed where its Navy ships will land in the Atlantic Ocean. Iranian Army via AP. ... The Iranian navy vessel Makran is spotted off Lark Island, Iran on May 10, 2021.

The ship sank off the coast of the southern Iranian port of Jask. All crew members were evacuated and there were no casualties, Fars added. Personnel on the Iranian navy ship that caught fire in ...

The ship was in “domestic waters” during “a training mission,” said the navy’s head of public relations, Behzad Jahanian, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

Iran's largest navy ship sank June 2 after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, with the crew safely rescued, Iranian media reported. (Video: Reuters) By Miriam Berger.

Two Iranian navy ships heading to the Americas are expected to soon enter the Atlantic Ocean, posing a new problem for the Biden administration, Politico reported on Wednesday.

Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conducted what the U.S. Navy described as "unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships ...

This photo released by the U.S. Navy shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guard ship Shahid Bazair, left, towing a U.S. Navy Saildrone Explorer in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.

The US Navy revealed an operation last month involving drone boats that tracked Iranian ships. The drone boats photographed Iranian speedboats, which constantly harass ships in the Middle East.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country ...