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The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum () is a technical history museum located in

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. The museum covers the

maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

of Israel – from clandestine immigration during the

British Mandate for Palestine The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordanwhich had been part of the Ottoman Empire for four centuriesfollowing the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in Wo ...

through the history of the

Israeli navy The Israeli Navy (, ''Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli'', ; ) is the Israel Defense Forces#Arms, naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea th ...

since its inception. The museum is named after David HaCohen, one of the leaders of the Jewish

Yishuv The Yishuv (), HaYishuv Ha'ivri (), or HaYishuv HaYehudi Be'Eretz Yisra'el () was the community of Jews residing in Palestine prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The term came into use in the 1880s, when there were about 2 ...

. It was established by Colonel Yoske Coral and opened to the public in 1969. The museum is run by the

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. It stands next to the

Israeli National Maritime Museum The National Maritime Museum (, ''HaMuze'on HaYami HaLe'umi'') is a maritime and archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The museum was founded in 1953, based on the private collection of its founder and first director, Aryeh Ben-Eli. In 1972, t ...

, dedicated to maritime history and archaeology.

Exhibits

Remnants of the INS ''Dakar'', an Israeli submarine that disappeared on its voyage to Israel in 1968 and whose wreckage was located in 1999 after several decades of searches, are on display at the museum. The following vessels are on permanent display: * INS ''Mivtach'', a decommissioned

Sa'ar 2-class missile boat The Sa'ar 2 class ("Shalechet") is a class of missile boats built in Cherbourg, France at the Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard based on Israeli Navy modification of the German Navy's . Three of the ships class were converted from s ...

* INS ''Gal'', a retired ''Gal''-class submarine * INS ''Af Al Pi Chen'', a clandestine immigration ship, built as a Royal Navy Mark 2 Tank Landing Craft in World War II * INS ''Dabur'', the first ''Dabur''-class patrol boat * A

P 4-class torpedo boat The P 4-class torpedo boat, Soviet designations Project 123-bis and Project 123-K, commonly called the Komsomolets class ( Russian: Комсомолец, a male member of the Komsomol), were Soviet aluminum-hulled torpedo boats. They were armed ...

, captured from Egypt in 1973. The museum also displays the wheel and bell of MTB-203, the motor torpedo boat which launched the fatal torpedo at the USS ''Liberty'' during the 1967 USS ''Liberty'' incident, killing 25 U.S. Navy sailors. Also on display at the museum is one of the three lifeboats that the USS ''Liberty'' launched during the attack. The other two lifeboats were, according to multiple ''Liberty'' survivors, machine-gunned and sunk by Israeli motor torpedo boats. https://www.usslibertyveterans.org/files/GlennOliphant.pdf

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External links

Official webpage at Israeli Ministry of Defense
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