Haapalah / Aliyah Bet

Zalman Abramov served in A Company, stationed at kibbutz Ramat Yochanan רמת יוחנן קיבוץ.
He also served in the 1st Battalion.

Zalman Abramov and his platoon were transferred from kibbutz Yagur קיבוץ יגור to the port of Haifa חיפה, to start the Port Platoon, under the command of Amos ben Tzvi.
Zalman Abramov and Semion, from haChotrim החותרים, served as squad commanders.

The Palyam פלי"ם‎ No. 8 Boat Commanders' course, held iIn the summer of 1947:
Commander:
* Yossi Dror; relieved by Yisrael Auerbuch
Leader:
* Avraham Botzer
Attendees:
* Zalman Abramov

In the summer of 1947, Zalman Abramov attended the 8th Boat Commanders' course of the Palyam פלי"ם.

On May 15, 1947, Zalman Abramov served in Operation Ben Ami מבצע בן עמי.

Zalman Abramov served in שייטת Shayetet 13 for one year.

At 21:10PM, October 21, 1048, five boats were launched from INS Maoz; two boats, manned by Yaakov Vardi and Zalman Abramov, were intended for the actual sabotage, one boat was a reserve, manned by Yochai Bin-Nun, and two boats, manned by Yitzhak Brockman and Yaakov Reitov, were launched to collect the commandos after the operation.
Zalman Abramov's boat attacked the Emir Farouk first, and Yaakov Vardi's boat, which was meant to strike at the minesweeper, mistakenly turned to attack the Emir Farouk as well.
The ship sank in five minutes.
Yochai Bin-Nun, in the reserve boat, noticed the mistake, and rammed the minesweeper; he was spotted and fired at, and jumped from his boat 40 meters short of the target. The minesweeper suffered significant damage, but did not sink and was hauled back to Alexandria.
The extraction boats collected the commandos, and by 23:10PM, all the commandos were back aboard INS Maoz.

Zalman Abramov served with other Palymniks, unloading Maapilim from haPortzim הפורצים, when she landed near Tel Aviv תל אביב.

Menachem Zaira was one of the Palyamniks who helped the Maapilim from haPortzim הפורצים, when she landed near Tel Aviv תל אביב.