Nooh pictured by American forces en route to Iran
History Iran Name Nooh Namesake Noah Operator Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Ordered 1988 Builder Admiralty Shipyard Cost $375 million Laid down 1989 Launched 1992 Commissioned 6 June 1993 Refit 2017 Homeport Bandar Abbas [ 1] Identification 902[ 1] Status In active service General characteristics Class and type Kilo-class submarine Displacement
2,356 tons surfaced,[ 1]
3,076 tons submerged[ 1]
Length 72.6 m (238 ft 2 in)[ 1] Beam 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[ 1] Draft 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)[ 1] Installed power Diesel-electric [ 1] Propulsion
2 × 3,650 horsepower (2.72 MW) Generators[ 1]
1 × 5,500 horsepower (4.1 MW) Propulsion motor[ 1]
1 × 130 horsepower (97 kW) Economic speed motor[ 1]
2 × 204 horsepower (152 kW) Auxiliary propulsion motor[ 1]
1 × Shaft[ 1]
2 × Diesels[ 1]
Speed
Surfaced; 10 knots (19 km/h)[ 1]
Snorkel mode; 9 knots (17 km/h)[ 1]
Submerged; 17 knots (31 km/h)[ 1]
Range
Snorkel mode; 6,000 mi (9,700 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h)[ 1]
Submerged; 400 mi (640 km) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h)[ 1]
Test depth Normally 240 m (790 ft)[ 1] Complement 53 (12 officers)[ 1] Armament
IRIS Nooh (also spelt Nuh [ 2] Nouh Persian : زیردریایی نوح , lit. Kilo-class attack submarine of Islamic Republic of Iran Navy , serving in the Southern Fleet .
Construction and commissioning [ edit ] The contract to build Nooh and Taregh [ 1] $ 750 million for two submarines, with an option for the third.[ 3] laid down at Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg in 1989.[ 1] launched in 1992 and was commissioned on 6 June 1993.[ 1]
The submarine is named after Noah .[ 4]
According to Jane's [ 1] Nooh was under some major repairs by Iranian personnel in the naval factories.[ 5]
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^ Singh, Abhijit (2010), "Dark Chill in the Persian Gulf – Iran's Conventional and Unconventional Naval Forces", Maritime Affairs , 6 (2), National Maritime Foundation: 108– 113, doi :10.1080/09733159.2010.559788 , ISSN 1946-6609 , S2CID 110041921 ^ Faruqi, Anwar (23 November 1992), "Iranian Navy Commissions Russian-Built Sub, First In Gulf" , Associated Press , retrieved 15 June 2020 ^ "Iran", United States Naval Institute Proceedings , 123 , United States Naval Institute: 91, 1997 ^ "Navy comdr. visits projects under construction in South" , Mehr News Agency , 3 September 2017, retrieved 15 June 2020
Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004–2005), Jane's Fighting Ships ISBN 978-0710626233 Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2009–2010), Jane's Fighting Ships ISBN 978-0710628886
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