IRIS Damavand (77)

History
Iran
Name	Damavand
Namesake	Mount Damavand
Ordered	2006
Builder	Shahid Tamjidi Marine Industries, Bandar-e Anzali, Iran.
Laid down	28 November 2007
Launched	17 March 2013
Sponsored by	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Commissioned	9 March 2015
Home port	Bandar Anzali
Identification	Pennant number: 77; Code letters: EPCG4; ;
Nickname(s)	Jamaran-2, Velayat
Status	Lost after January 2018 incidents
General characteristics
Class & type	Moudge-class frigate
Displacement	1,500 tons
Length	94.5 m (310 ft 0 in)
Beam	11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)
Draught	3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	2 engine, 2 × 7,500 kW (10,000 hp), 4 diesel generators, 4 × 550 kW (740 hp)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	120-140
Sensors &; processing systems	Asr 3D PESA long-range radar
Electronic warfare; & decoys	2 × 8 chaff launcher
Armament	Naval guns; 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun; 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30 mm Kamand CIWS; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns; Surface to air missiles; 4 × Mehrab SAM, a naval version of the Sayyad-2; Surface to Surface missile; 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles; Anti-submarine warfare; 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × Bell 212 ASW
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing pad

IRIS Damavand (77) (Persian: ناوشکن دماوند), also known as Jamaran-2 (جماران ۲) and Velayat (ولایت), was the second ship of the Iranian Moudge class of frigates and the flagship of the northern fleet (aka Caspian Sea fleet). The class appeared to be a development of the Alvand class. It was named Damavand after inauguration in the Caspian Sea. She sank on 28 January 2018, after hitting the breakwater at Bandar-e Anzali on 10 January.