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ISRAELI NAVY (ISRAEL)

COASTAL FORCES

ALLIGATOR semi-submersible boat (1998)

Names

1 unit

Builders

K-10 Corp., USA: 1 unit

Commissioned

1998: 1 unit

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 2010s: 1 unit

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

23

Length, m

19.8

Breadth, m

3.96

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

30 / 8 semi-sub.

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

 
Military load 5 t cargo

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

 

Project history: Alligator class. Intended to ballast down to barely awash for clandestine operations at low speeds, all topside masts and antennas can be retracted or folded. Hull and superstructure configured to be low-observable.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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