Tasnim� The body of the second sailor of the Iranian Navy who had gone missing in the Caspian Sea after Damavand destroyer crashed into a jetty was recovered, the Navy announced on Saturday.

The body of Martyr Amir Basereh, one of the Navy�s commandoes, was recovered 16 days after he went missing in the Caspian Sea, the Public Relations Department of the Navy announced.

Bijan Zare�, another Navy commando, was also killed in the January 10 incident.

The accident occurred when Damavand was docking at port in Iran�s northern province of Gilan, according to the Navy�s regional command.

Increasing wind speed and severe storm in the Caspian Sea caused the destroyer to have a minor crash with the jetty, it added.

Damavand, a 100-meter-long destroyer weighing more than 1300 tons, officially joined the Navy�s northern fleet in the Caspian Sea in March 2015.

More than 700 industrial, research and academic Iranian centers cooperated in designing and producing the military vessel, which is also a training warship.