Iran's Revolutionary Guards Convert A Cargo Ship Into A 'Base Ship'

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Maritime Executive: Iran's IRGC Turns a Panamax Boxship Into a Warship  

Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) operates its own naval division, and while it is known best for its small armed speedboats, it is about to begin operating a far larger class of warship. 

Open-source intelligence analysts have obtained a photo of what appears to be a new IRGC "base ship" in shipyard at Bandar Abbas. The newly-renamed Shahid Mahdavi wears a coat of haze gray, and she has new gun emplacements on the stern, but open-source intelligence analysts have noticed that her lines are otherwise identical to the Iranian-flagged container ship Sarvin.  

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Update #1: Ship expands Iran Revolutionary Guard’s reach to new waters (AP)  

Update #2:  Iran Follows US In Refitting Container Ship As Operations Base (Iran International)  

WNU Editor: The IRGC wants to extend their naval reach.