Underwater Demolition Team
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The Underwater Demolition Team, or frogmen, were amphibious units created by the United States Navy during World War II with specialized missions. They were predecessors of the Navy's current SEAL tea
Patch of the Underwater Demolition Teams.
U.S. Naval Combat Demolition insignia – U.S. Navy Seal Museum
"NCDU 45"; Ensign Karnowski, Chief Carpenters Mate Conrad C. Millis, MMCB2 Lester Meyers and three gunners mates. The unit received a Presidential Unit Citation with Ens. Karnowski earning the Navy Cross & French Croix de Guerre with Palm, while MM2 Meyers received a Silver Star. Two men were wounded and one was killed.
80-G-258013 At Morotai NCDU 21 with MacArthur's 7th Fleet makes a channel using 8 tons of explosives in a single blast. Debris was thrown 800 yards or nearly a half mile.
The Special Warfare Combat Crewmen are United States Naval Special Warfare Command personnel who operate and maintain small craft for special operations missions, particularly those of U.S. Navy SEALs
Rating insignia (SB)
PT-105 underway with sister boat PT-109
Patrol Craft Fast (PCF-71) from Underwater Demolition Team (Task Force 116) returns to the Sea Float base on the Cua Long River after a patrol.
Members of Special Boat Unit 26 (SBU-26) operate in Panama before Operation Just Cause