Just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse for Iran, it appears that their largest warship, the Kharg, caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Oman.

Can’t say I’m unhappy about it and the Iranians are t saying why it sank.

Can a fleet replenishment ship really be considered a warship?

Where is Seinfeld with his “that’s a shame” when you need it?

I read that, about the same time the fire broke out on this ship, Iran had a big fire at one of their refineries.

One almost might suspect sabotage.

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Originally posted by divil:
Where is Seinfeld with his “that’s a shame” when you need it?

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Originally posted by Orguss:

Can a fleet replenishment ship really be considered a warship?

Can't run a war very well without supplies.

I'm sorry for any sailors lost at sea, no matter where they come from - the Sea hates us all equally, but that's about the limit of my sympathy for the Iranian Navy.

Before I read that it was a fire.... I was going to suggest someone forgot to put the drain plug in before they headed out....

been there and done that.

I’m gonna lose .00000000000000000000001 seconds of sleep over this tonight.

The next question - Navy Seals or Mossad?

Mrs tac said 'well, at least it put the fire out...'

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Originally posted by tacfoley:
the Sea hates us all equally,.

That gave me a chuckle...after sailing out into heavy weather to save some stupid people I agree with you.

Just like the old lawyer joke:

Q: What do you call an Iranian warship at the bottom of the ocean?

A: A good start

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Originally posted by divil:
Where is Seinfeld with his “that’s a shame” when you need it?

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
Can’t say I’m unhappy about it and the Iranians aren't saying why it sank.

I'd think that if there was anything that could even remotely be considered mysterious about it, they would have already blamed us or the Israelis. Although with Biden in the White House, maybe the Iranian gov't considers us "friends" again?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Just like the old lawyer joke:

Q: What do you call an Iranian warship at the bottom of the ocean?

A: A good start

B. Polluton

C. A solution


Those answers work with the lawyer joke too.

Harry Callahan says: "Well I'm All Broken Up About That Countries' ship!"

Would've preferred the 'sinking' to have been a Revolutionary Guard ship, as opposed to the Iranian Navy. The Iranian Navy is a pathetically underfunded service filled with 'sailors' who aren't devoted or, fanatical enough to be in the IRGC Navy; you know how authoritarians like to have a 'separate service' of enforcers, *cough, cough* I mean devotees . Nevertheless, I ain't shedding any tears and this will diminish their limited capability.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
Can a fleet replenishment ship really be considered a warship?

If its armed, yes. You also have a ignorant press that designates any ship under command of a Navy and/painted Haze Grey as being a 'warship'

You get into grey-area definitions with the US Navy's designation of USNS or, Royal Navy's Royal Fleet Auxiliary which have mixed military/civilian crews and a few defensive weapons at most. I believe the RN uses some of those ships as platforms for ship boardings and policing.

This ship had mounted weapons installed : Armament:
1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 gun
4 × USSR 23 mm/80 guns
2 × 12.7 mm machine guns

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Originally posted by Orguss:
Can a fleet replenishment ship really be considered a warship?