The ship, carrying arms for a right-wing militia, was sunk 78 years ago on the orders of Israel's founders off Tel Aviv. A longtime symbol of the Israeli right, one maritime expert tells Haaretz of the perils of the 'extraordinarily complex and costly' salvage operation

IDF says it had no part in search for Irgun ship sunk by army; 16 Irgun members, 3 IDF troops died in incident that became right-wing symbol; chances of lifting still-intact…

The vessel was found 500 meters underwater, over seven decades after it was was brought to Israel's coast by the Irgun militia loaded with weapons and fighters. Ben-Gurion saw it…