Ships
The first ship commissioned was Gal in December 1976. It was damaged by grounding on her delivery voyage but was repaired. "Gal" is now on display at the Israeli Naval museum in Haifa.
The next two Gal class submarines were named after their retired Israeli submarine predecessors of the retired British S class who themselves were named after two sea monsters mentioned in Isaiah 51:9:
"Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days, In the generation of old! Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab (Rahav), and wounded the dragon? (in Hebrew, Tanin)" These names will also be placed on two boats of the Dolphin class.
- Gal - commissioned in June 1976 - decommissioned 2000
- Tanin - commissioned in June 1977 - decommissioned 2002
- Rahav - commissioned in 18 December 1977 - decommissioned 1997
The Israeli newspaper Maariv reports that Gal class submarines were active in the 1982 Lebanon War.
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