BHD 600

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BHD 600
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
IN Bahad600 Tag.svg
Symbol of the base
Site information
Type Naval Training Base
OwnerFlag of the Israel Defense Forces.svg  Israel Defense Forces
OperatorNaval Ensign of Israel.svg  Israeli Navy
BHD 600
Garrison information
GarrisonNaval Ensign of Israel.svg  Israeli Navy

BHD 600 or Haifa naval training base is the sole naval training base of the Israeli Navy. It is located in the port city of Haifa and is responsible for the training of most of Israeli Navy personnel.

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Roles

The base is responsible for the training of all Israeli Navy personnel except Shayetet 13 and YILTAM fighters. All Shayetet 3, Shayetet 7 and regular personnel are trained here in addition to supplementary training for commanders. UAV and UUV operators are also trained here. In addition to training, regular military exercises are also held here.

Organisation

History

Establishment

The base was established in 1965 and training missions were initiated in 1967 after the arrival of new ships from Cherbourg after the Cherbourg Project. These vessels were initially used for training purpose.

Yom Kippur War

In the 1960s, limited facilities at the training base prompted Israeli Navy to hold drills in Malta as Naval Combat exercises couldn't be held at the training base. With the passage of time, the facilities were gradually improved and helped to strengthen up the Israeli Navy before the Yom Kippur War.

Evacuation attempts

At the end of the 1990s, the Haifa Administration wanted to promote a plan for the construction of a marina in Bat Galim . Environmental activists opposed the plan, which included drying up an extensive sea area, for the purpose of construction that would finance the construction of the marina. The Society for the Protection of Nature proposed an alternative plan that included the evacuation of the base and the construction of a marina in the area opposite to it, which was not accessible to the public. [1] In January 2003, the Israel Land Administration also presented a plan for the development of Bat Galim that included the evacuation of the base. [2] In May 2008, local authorities approved the construction of a neighborhood of 1,000 housing units in the base area. [3] However, the plan did not go into effect, as the Ministry of Defense refused to sign an agreement to evacuate the base. In 2015, the plan was transferred to the National Committee for the Planning and Construction of Preferred Housing Complexes, with the hope that its rapid advancement would serve as leverage to renew negotiations with the Ministry of Defense, but it did not advance the plan. [4]

Hulda Gurvitz Strip

At the end of 2017, it was agreed that the base would vacate only a strip of beach along the seashore, so that for the first time so that a sequence of promenades would be created, in front of the sea from the Mediterranean coast, through the beach of the base, Bat Galim beach to the southern beaches of the Haifa. [5] The construction of the boardwalk began in 2018, most of it was completed, and in August 2020 it was decided to name it after Hulda Gurvitz. [6] however the Navy withdrew from the agreement and refused to allow the construction to be completed. [7]

Commanders

Base commanders
#Rank and nameCommand periodImage
1Abraham Ofer1949 – 1950 AvrahamOfer1949.jpg
2Yehiel Zaltz1950 – 1951 YechielZalts1950.jpg
3Shlomo Arel1952 ShlomoErelCapt.jpg
4Aryeh Friedman1953 – 1954 AriehFriedman1953.jpg
5Yitzhak Gazit1954 – 1956 ItschakGazitBahad.jpg
6Yehuda IgraFebruary 1957 – February 1962

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7Yehuda Ben-ZurJune 1962 – May 1965 BG- `m yvKHAy v-.JPG
8Lt. Col. Yekutiel NetzMay 1965 – March 1968 KutiNets1967.jpg
9Yitzhak ShoshanMarch 1968 – July 1968 VisitingDanyGal121967 (cropped).jpg
10Aryeh BarakJuly 1968 – March 1971 BarakBahad1970.jpg
11Eli LevyApril 1971 - June 1971 MatatOpening (cropped).jpg
12Pinchas PinhasiJune 1971 – June 1974 Pinchasi1969.jpg
13Shabtai LevyJuly 1974 – June 13, 1975 Shabtaimashat.jpg
14Shaul SelaJune 13, 1975 – July 1977 ShaulSelaBahadCom.jpg
15Abraham Ben ShushanAugust 1977 – June 1978 AvBenShushan1977.jpg
16Yitzhak Koral AlmogJuly 1978 – August 1981 BeginCoralRonenGreenberg2071981.jpg
17Alex TalAugust 1981 – August 1983 AlexTal1982.jpg
18Doron AmirAugust 1983 – July 1986 CaptDoronAmir1983.jpg
19Danny MelamedJuly 1986 – July 1989 DaniMelamed1988.jpg
20Bani ArieliAugust 1989 – July 1991 BeniArieli1990 (retouched).jpg
21Dror AloniAugust 1991 – January 1993 DrorAloniBahad1992.jpg
22Dodo IverJune 1993 – April 1995

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23Bnei HodApril 1995 – October 1997 BenyHodBahad1996.jpg
24Shloma CohenOctober 1997 – September 1999 ShCohnBahad2000.jpg
25Eli GambashSeptember 1999 – April 2002

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26Benny ShefnierApril 2002 – October 2004

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27Ilan SharikiOctober 2004 – August 2007 IlanShariki2004.jpg
28Ronan NiemaniAugust 2007 – July 2011 RonenNimni2008.png
29Tzachi AppelmanJuly 2011 – August 2013 TsachiApelman2011.jpg
30Sami TzemachAugust 2013 – 2015 SamiTsemachBahad2014.jpg
31Yuval Ilon2015 – July 2017 YuvalEilonBahad2016.jpg
32Nadav TurgemanJuly 2017 – August 2019 NadavTorgman2019.jpg
33Boris ShusterAugust 2019 – July 2021 BorisShusterAlam2020.jpg
34Tamir ShemeshJuly 2021 - incumbent [8]

Sources & References

  1. "העירייה מתעקשת: נקים המרינה הגדולה בישראל". Harretz (in Hebrew). 28 May 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. "המינהל מציע: מתחם תעסוקה ליד בת גלים בחיפה". Harretz (in Hebrew). 26 January 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. "בה"ד חיל הים בחיפה יהפוך לשכונה". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001248745
  5. https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001248745
  6. "חנוכת טיילת חולדה גורביץ' בבת גלים הכי קרוב למקום שאוהבת ובילתה את מרבית חייה • "המלאך בלבן"" (in Hebrew). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. "שאילתה: מתי תיפתח טיילת בת גלים החדשה?". Colbo. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. "זירת ים סוף נכנס לתפקידו מערכת אתר צה"ל".