In memory of

Lieutenant Commander Ya’acov Ra’anan

Commanding officer of INS Dakar

Lieutenant Commander Ya’acov Ra’anan
Original submariner badge
Submariner No. 5
Memorial stone for Lieutenant Commander Ya’acov Ra’anan at the Dakar Memorial, in the section for the missing whose burial places are unknown, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.
Memorial stone for Lieutenant Commander Ya’acov Ra’anan at the Dakar Memorial, in the section for the missing whose burial places are unknown, Mount Herzl, Jerusalem.

Son of Stela and Avigdor

Born in Vienna, Austria, on 22 May 1934

Immigrated to Israel in 1939

Lost with the submarine INS Dakar on 25 January 1968

34 years old

May his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life.

Official Ministry of Defence memorial (Hebrew)

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