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Eilat (I.N.S.)

Eilat (I.N.S.)
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Histoire

This gunboat was built in 1927 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd..

Notes historiques

This vessel was originally fitted with square sails. This vessel saw action in the Greenland Sea during the Second World War.

In 1947 she was enployed transporting Jewish refugees to Palestine.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1927-1946 she was owned by the United States Coast Guard.

In 1947 she was owned by Israeli interests.

In 1948-1962 she was commissioned int o the Israeli Navy

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