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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)^[1] is a class of general-purpose patrol craft. The vessel is assembled in Iran, by Shahid Joolaee Marine Industries.^[1]

Its primary operators include the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,^[1] as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, which operates them in the Northern Fleet.^[2] Iran has also exported Ghaem-class patrol boats to Syrian Armed Forces.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ 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
^ "Iran wraps up naval drill in Caspian Sea", Mehr News Agency, 6 July 2017
^ Shapir, Yiftah (August 2007), "The Syrian Army Buildup" (PDF), Strategic Assessment, 10 (2), Tel Aviv, Israel: The Institute for National Security Studies