Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum facts for kids
The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון ההעפלה וחיל הים ע"ש דוד הכהן) 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. 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. 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 II
- 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. 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.
See also
In Spanish: Museo Naval y de Inmigración Clandestina para niños
- List of museums in Israel
