Satellite image shows Iran's largest naval vessel, a tanker-turned-base ship, smoking in port

The Iranian warship Makran on fire.

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• Satellite imagery captured Monday shows Iran's biggest naval vessel on fire at a military port.
• The IRINS Makran is a large tanker that was converted into a forward base ship.
• US officials said the Iranian navy was a priority target at the start of the conflict.

Newly captured satellite imagery from the ongoing conflict with Iran shows the country's biggest naval vessel — a former oil tanker converted into a floating base — on fire at a military port.