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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship class=Dolphin-class submarine | Ship type=Diesel-electric submarine | Ship displacement=2,050 tons surfaced, 2,400 tons submerged[1] | 68.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}[1] | 6.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 6.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 4243|shp|abbr=on}} | 25|kn}}[2] | 350|m|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=35 + 10 additional | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=STN Atlas ISUS 90-55 combat system | Ship EW= | 533|mm|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes{{br}}4 × {{convert|650|mm|abbr=on}} diameter torpedo tubes{{br}}DM-2A4 Seehake wire-guided torpedoes{{br}}UGM-84C Harpoon anti-ship missiles{{br}}Triton anti-helicopter missiles
}} | INS Rahav is an Israeli Dolphin 2-class submarine. The name is Hebrew for "Rahab." The submarine was launched in Kiel, Germany, and delivered to the Israeli port city Haifa in 2013, and entered service in January 2016. Name is from the Bible "Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?" (isaiah 51) References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://intercepts.defensenews.com/2014/08/israels-deadliest-submarines-are-nearly-ready |title=Israel's Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready |last=Cavas |first=Christopher P. |date=15 August 2014 |website=Defense News}}
2. ^Israel’s Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready Intercepts, Christopher P. Cavas
External links{{commons category|INS Rahav (Dolphin)}}- Israeli submarine Dolphin
- FAS: Israel: Submarines
- Dolphin class submarines cutaway diagram, Der Spiegel, 5 June 2012
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