Iraqi Navy 60-meter Offshore Support Vessel (OSV 401) Completes Underway Trials

they are not bad looking and most of all they are multi-purpose

few months back i posted the Chinese patrol boats exported to Iraq here

here are a few pictures of 3 Predator Chinese patrol crafts that were given to the Iraqi Navy between 2002-2005, orginally ordered by Saddam in 2002 then embargoed they were released after the invasion in 2003

Originally Posted by asif iqbal

few months back i posted the Chinese patrol boats exported to Iraq here

here are a few pictures of 3 Predator Chinese patrol crafts that

If by Chinese you mean Taiwan, then yes. Those vessels were built for Iraq by Taiwan and five, (P-101), (P-102), (P-103), (P-104), (P-105) were purcahsed altogether.

really? i thought they were built in China, my bad, i stand corrected!

Originally Posted by Jeff Head

If by Chinese you mean Taiwan, then yes. Those vessels were built for Iraq by Taiwan and five, (P-101), (P-102), (P-103), (P-104), (P-105) were purcahsed altogether.

I am pretty sure those are Chinese (PROC) - made patrol boats. For all its worth, even globalsecurity refer to them as Chinese (PROC)

Iraqi Navy

Ok just re-checked and international arms trader lists them as built in China and delivered all 5 in 2004 funded by US aid

Originally Posted by Dolcevita

I am pretty sure those are Chinese (PROC) - made patrol boats. For all its worth, even globalsecurity refer to them as Chinese (PROC)

Originally Posted by asif iqbal

Ok just re-checked and international arms trader lists them as built in China and delivered all 5 in 2004 funded by US aid

In the US, sometimes the term China can mean either the mainland or the ROC. In fact, the Predator Patrol Craft, all five of them, weresent to Iraq by Taiwan.

Read this article from the US Naval Institute Proceedings from 2005:

On it's own: The Iraqi Navy in 2005

In that article, it makes clear that:

Originally Posted by US Naval Institute

It was reformed in 2003 around five Taiwanese-built 28-meter Predator -class patrol boats, calling itself the Iraqi Coast Guard until December 2004, when it assumed the navy title. In early June, following months of preparation, the Iraqi Navy began maintaining a patrol boat on station in its waters around the clock. While coalition naval forces are never far away, the Iraqi boats operate alone with all-Iraqi crews trained by Iraqi instructors, making the navy the first of Iraq's security forces to achieve operational independence across the force.

Aviation week published an article about the Iraq Navy in November 2008

Aviation Week: Iraq Navy taps Italy for new Vessels

In it, they said this:

Originally Posted by Aviation Week

This is the third attempt since 2003 to recapitalize the 2,000-man navy. Following its destruction during 12 years of sanctions and bombings, surviving senior personnel and coalition advisers jump-started operations in 2003 with five used Taiwanese-built, Predator-class, 30-meter (98-ft.) patrol boats. But those craft were in poor condition and spare-part shortages usually kept all but one tied up pier-side. In 2005, the navy tried to bring into service six reconditioned Al Uboor-class patrol boats to supplement the 100-ton Predators, but these turned out to be barely seaworthy.

You can see the Aviation week article in full HERE

These are older vessels and not something really to "brag" about. They have served the fledgling new Iraqi Navy as patrol craft for the oil platforms, but right now there is a pretty good modernization effort going on, including the two new 1,400 ton OPVs mentioned, and numerous other newer small craft.

U.S. Navy Delivers Two 60m Offshore Support Vessels to Iraqi Navy

The Iraqi navy and the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command marked the delivery of two 60-meter Offshore Support Vessels (OSV 1/ OSV 2) to the Iraqi navy in a ceremony at the Umm Qasr naval facility, Dec. 20.

The two OSVs, procured as part U.S. Navy's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program, will help reconstitute Iraq's ability to enforce maritime sovereignty and security in the Northern Arabian Gulf.
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RiverHawk Fast Sea Frames is the prime contractor for the OSV procurement

U.S. Navy Delivers Two 60m Offshore Support Vessels to Iraqi Navy

They were made in Tampa, FL