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ISRAELI NAVY (ISRAEL)

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ALIYAH fast attack craft (missile) (1980)

Aliyah 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
עליה [Aliyah]     Israeli SY, Haifa   10.7.1980 8.1980 to Mexico 1.2004 (Huracán)
גאולה [Geoula]     Israeli SY, Haifa   10.1980 31.12.1980 to Mexico 1.2004 (Tormenta)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

500

Length, m

58.2 wl 61.7 oa

Breadth, m

7.62

Draught, m

2.78

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

14000

Max speed, kts

31

Fuel, t

diesel oil 116
Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(17)

Armament

2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 4 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (4 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (AS.565SA Atelef)

Electronic equipment

TH-D1040 Neptune, RTN-10X Orion radars, MN-53 ECM suite, Deseaver 1x 45-tube, 4x 24-tube, 4x 1-tube decoy RL

Complement 53

Project history: Sa'ar 4.5 class. Lengthened Reshef class hull for additional armament or helicopter facilities. Aliyah and Geoula had helicopter used for over the horizon targeting. Can also serve as command boats for groups of other FAC,

Modernizations: 1983-1984, both: - 1 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar

1990s, both: - MN-53 ECM suite; + NS-9003, NS-9005, NATACS ECM suites

Naval service: No significant events.

Aliyah 1980

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