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{{Short description|Israeli Navy officer}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= '''Zeev Almog'''
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|image= Rear Admiral Ze'ev Almog.jpg
|caption=Almog in uniform
|birth_place= [[Tel Aviv]], [[Mandatory Palestine]]
|allegiance={{flag|Israel|name=State of Israel}}
|branch={{navy|Israel}}
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|rank= [[Aluf]]
|commands= INS ''Tanin'' and the INS ''Leviathan'', [[Shayetet 13|Flotilla 13]], Commander of the Red Sea Fleet, Commander [[Israeli Navy]]
|battles=[[Suez Crisis]]<br />[[Six-Day War]]<br />[[War of Attrition]]<br />[[Yom Kippur War]]<br />[[1982 Lebanon War]]<br />[[South Lebanon conflict (
|laterwork= General Manager of [[Israel Shipyards]]
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'''Zeev Almog''' ({{lang-he|זאב אלמוג}}; also written Ze'ev Almog; born 1 February 1935), was the Commander In Chief (C.I.C.) of the [[Israeli Navy]] from
==Early life==
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==Naval service==
In May 1954, Almog volunteered for the [[Shayetet 13|Naval Commando Unit]] and in 1955 was certified as a Naval Commando Warrior. He was then sent to Officers and Naval Cadets Schools. In July 1957, Almog was qualified as a naval officer. In November of the same year, he was appointed as a Squad Commander within the Naval Commando Unit, and
From
In October 1965, he was appointed Chief of Operations of the Naval Commando Unit. In December 1966 he was certified and given command of a Naval [[Torpedo Boat]].
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Under Almog's command, the new Naval base at [[Sharm el-Sheikh]] was built. This base absorbed the first two Israeli-made [[Sa'ar 4 class missile boat]]s that reached the base after sailing around [[Africa]] (due to the blockage of the [[Suez Canal]]).
In
In August 1975 he was appointed as the commander of the Naval Base of Haifa and was promoted to one-star Rear Admiral. In November 1976 he was appointed as a member of the founding team of the [[Israeli National Defense College]] and served as an instructor in the college during its first year of operation.
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;Improvement in Israel's seashore security
After a decade of lethal terrorist penetrations into Israel, under Almog's command, was able to
During this period, the navy had conducted hundreds of combat intrusions into terrorist bases. In 1982, it participated in the [[1982 Lebanon War|First Lebanon War]] during which ground forces and thousands of armored vehicles were landed on the Lebanese seashore. The navy had also assisted ground forces by firing at the enemy forces from missile boats off the shores of Lebanon. All Naval operations were conducted without any loss of Israeli lives or damage to naval vessels.
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In March 1986, Almog retired from the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] and was appointed, at the request of the Ministers of Transportation and Finance and the Official Receiver of the state as a "Special Manager" for the government-owned [[Israel Shipyards]]. This appointment stemmed from the serious situation of the shipyards that were on a verge of bankruptcy and needed a turnaround. Nine years later, after completion of a turnaround program the company became profitable, was taken out of receivership and was sold as a viable business to private investors.
During Almog's tenure as the General Manager of the shipyards it developed two types of sophisticated vessels: Sa'ar 4.5 missile boat ("Nirit" type) and the fast patrol boat ("Shaldag") that was purchased by the Israeli Navy and other foreign navies.<ref>
In April 1995, after the [[privatization]] of the shipyards, Almog resigned from the shipyards management and devoted his time to serving on various organizations and companies' board of directors such as Israel-Africa Investment Company and was elected to the Israeli Management Society. he was elected as a member of the Board of Trustees of the [[University of Haifa]] and as a member of the steering committee of the Institutes for Oceanic Studies at Haifa University. Heserved as the chairman of the Israeli national fund for the development of scuba diving.
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He published several articles in Israeli and foreign publications on topics of military operations and management and had lectured at military academies and research centers in Israel and abroad about naval operations and technology.
He published a book called "Bats in the Red Sea
==Family==
Ze'ev Almog is married to Dr. Geula Almog, a children's literature expert. The couple has three children: Gal, [[Oz Almog (sociologist)|Oz]], and Ram.
==Reference books==
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