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{{Short description|Museum in Haifa, Israel}}{{coord|32|49|48|N|34|58|17|E|type:landmark|display=title}}File:PikiWiki Israel 3335 Israel Defense Forces.jpg|thumb|right|The Israeli National Maritime MuseumIsraeli National Maritime Museum(File:HN-INS-Mivtach-1.jpg|thumb|right|INS Mivtach, retired ship on permanent display at museum.)(File:HN-INS-Gal-2.jpg|thumb|right|INS Gal, retired submarine on permanent display at museum.)The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum (}}) is a technical history museum located in Haifa, Israel.The museum covers the maritime history of Israel – from clandestine immigration during the British Mandate for Palestine through the history of the Israeli navy since its inception.The museum is named after David HaCohen, one of the leaders of the Jewish Yishuv.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} It was established by Colonel Yoske Coral and opened to the public in 1969. The museum is run by the Israeli Ministry of Defense. It stands next to the Israeli National Maritime Museum, 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.NEWS,weblink Stairway to Haifa, Haaretz, The following vessels are on permanent display:

• INS Mivtach, a decommissioned Sa'ar 2-class missile boat
• 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 IIWEB,weblink Historic Naval Ships Association, INS Af Al Pi Chen, 16 September 2016,
• INS Dabur, the first Dabur-class patrol boat
• A P 4-class torpedo boat, 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. Friendless Fire? David C. Walsh, September 2003WEB,weblink Still Waiting for USS Liberty's Truth, Ray, McGovern, July 5, 2015, The Real News Network, WEB,weblink Still Waiting for USS Liberty's Truth, July 4, 2015, 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.BOOK,weblink The Attack on the Liberty: The Untold Story of Israel's Deadly 1967 Assault on a U.S. Spy Ship, James, Scott, 2009, Simon and Schuster, 978-1416554820, Google Books, BOOK,weblink Assault on the Liberty: The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship, James M., Ennes, 1979, Random House, 978-0394505121, Google Books, WEB,weblink The Spy Ship Left Out in the Cold, June 1, 2017, U.S. Naval Institute, WEB,weblink New revelations in attack on American spy ship, October 2, 2007, Chicago Tribune, WEB,weblink New revelations in attack on American spy ship, October 2, 2007, Baltimore Sun, weblink weblink

See also

• List of museums in Israel

References

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External links

• Official webpage at Israeli Ministry of Defense

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