32°42′19″N 34°56′02″E / 32.70528°N 34.93389°E Atlit naval base is a classified Israeli Navy base on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. The base is home to Shayetet 13, Israel's naval commando unit. Within its grounds stands Château Pèlerin, a medieval crusader fortress currently closed to the public.[1]
Altit Naval Base | |
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 Israel | |
 Coat of Arms of the base | |
| Type | Naval Base |
| Site information | |
| Owner |  Israel Defense Forces |
| Operator |  Israeli Navy |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Israeli Navy
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In 2010, Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu visited the base to salute the commandos who took part in the Gaza flotilla raid.[2] During the Operation Arrows of the North, Hezbollah claimed that its drone squadron successfully struck the Atlit base.[3]
Atlit Shipyard
editAtlit Shipyard, a part of the Naval Shipyards (Israel) is also in the parameter of the base.
Establishment
editAfter the establishment of Shayetet 13, the research and planning division of the Weapons Development Authority , began a project based on sabotage boats that were manufactured in Italy and which were used to sink Emir Farooq. A new model passed the tests in Shipyard until March 1954 and in April of that year it was tested by the Navy and its production began. In 1956 the boats entered operational use in the Navy.[4]
Integration into Naval Shipyards
editAfter the integration of Shayetet 13 into the Navy, the Shayetet 13 shipyard was subordinated to the Naval Shipyard.[5] In 1958, bodies of pigs were developed by Lt. Col. Haim Shachel. The design was outsourced to the Orlight plant in Ness Ziona and in 1963 a molded fiberglass model was launched as a unified body and not composed of separate parts.[6]
Covert Operations
editCovert repairs and operations were also carried out in this shipyard.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Most Beautiful Place in Israel That You Can’t See, Haaretz
- ^ Netanyahu salutes Shayetet 13 soldiers in 'Marmara' raid
- ^ Najjar, Farah. "Hezbollah target Israeli naval base near Haifa". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
The group says in a statement that it unleashed a squadron of attack drones on the headquarters of the Israeli army's Special Naval Task Force at the Alit Base. Hezbollah said that this attack on the Alit base targeted "the locations of [Israeli] officers and soldiers" and achieved direct hits.
- ^ Yosef Evron. "The Historical Development. Subchapter: "C-11 Remotely Guided Bombing Boat"". The Defense Industry in Israel, 1980. Ministry of Defense (Israel). p. 324-325.
- ^ Zev Almog. ""Infrastructure Works"". Zev Almost. p. 1020-1021.
- ^ Salmon Wolf. "Lone wolf in a thick forest". p. 277.
- ^ Zev Almog. ""Technological Head"". Zev Almog. p. 438-441.