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The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 700) sits pierside at the Norfolk Naval Facility (NAVFAC), Virginia (VA), while a Sea Air and Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle is loaded onboard, then into a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS).  DDS is the primary supporting craft for the SDV

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USS DALLAS (SSN 700) Scene Camera Op... More

A Mark 8 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) is piloted by two Navy SEALs of Naval Special Warfare Command's SEAL Team 2. The SDV is a 22-foot long jet black submersible all-electric vehicle powered by rechargeable siver-zinc batteries. The torpedo shaped underwater SCV has a computerized navigation system and is equipped with an intercom system allowing the crew and passengers to talk underwater. The pilot controls its direction with a ballast and trim system, along with a manual control stick to move rudders, elevators and bow planes much

A Mark 8 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) is piloted by two Navy SEALs of N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: CDR Glen King Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team members use a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to conduct training drills topside on the USN Los Angeles Class: Attack Submarine USS TOLEDO (SSN 769), at sea in the Atlantic Ocean. SDV missions include clandestine insertion, ordnance delivery, location and recovery of objects and reconnaissance. The USN Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer (Aegis), USS COLE (DDG 67) is visible in the background

US Navy (USN) SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team members use a Rigid Hul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Davis J. Anderson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Navy (USN) SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team members using a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB) and Rubber Reconnaissance Rafts, approach the USN Los Angeles Class: Attack Submarine USS TOLEDO (SSN 769), to conduct training drills topside, while underway off the Atlantic coastline. SDV missions include clandestine insertion, ordnance delivery, location and recovery of objects and reconnaissance

US Navy (USN) SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team members using a Rigid H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Davis J. Anderson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Navy (USN) Engineman First Class (EN1) Lawrence Cupstid (left), and USN Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) Christopher Noble, rig the tie-down straps for loading the SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) aboard the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine, USS DALLAS (SSN 700) at Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia (VA). Both of Sailors are part of SDV Team 2, and are preparing for a Special Warfare Training Exercise (SWTE)

US Navy (USN) Engineman First Class (EN1) Lawrence Cupstid (left), and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC(Sw/Aw) Dave Fliesen, USN Release Status: Release... More

A US Navy (USN) member of Sea Air And Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Team 2 (SDVT-2) prepares to launch one of the team's SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) Mk VIII from the back of the Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN 690) on a training exercise. The SDVs are used to carry Navy SEALs from a submerged submarine to enemy targets while staying underwater and undetected. SDVT-2 is stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia (VA), and conducts operations throughout the Atlantic and Southern, and European command geographic areas of responsibility

A US Navy (USN) member of Sea Air And Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Tea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Andrew Mckaskle, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A US Navy (USN) member of Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Team 2 (SDVT-2) climbs aboard one of the team's SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) Mk VIII before launching from the back of the Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN 690) on a training exercise. The SDVs are used to carry Navy SEALs from a submerged submarine to enemy targets while staying underwater and undetected. SDVT-2 is stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia (VA), and conducts operations throughout the Atlantic and Southern, and European command geographic areas of responsibility

A US Navy (USN) member of Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Te...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Andrew Mckaskle, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 (left), and a Royal Australian Navy diver swims under the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), as part of a familiarization dive. MDSU 1 and Royal A... More

A stern view of the Mark 8 special dived vehicle (SDV) as the drydock shelter (DDS) crewmen finishes griping down the SDV onto the cradle on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii

A stern view of the Mark 8 special dived vehicle (SDV) as the drydock ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Royal Australian navy Clearance Diver Able Seaman Sam

Royal Australian navy Clearance Diver Able Seaman Sam

Royal Australian navy Clearance Diver Able Seaman Sam Peters shoots an M-4 rife at a small weapons shoot with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 divers, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations... More

The drydock shelter (DDS) deck captain passes wet notes to the Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) navigator prior to the SDV launch from the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) during duel shelter special operations training off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii

The drydock shelter (DDS) deck captain passes wet notes to the Mark 8 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) in the beginning stage of recovery and griping down onto the drydock shelter (DDS) cradle on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) during special operations training off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii

A Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) in the beginning stage of recovery...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Drydock shelter (DDS) deck captain signals to the operator of a Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) to move into position to be winched down for recovery on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) during duel shelter special operations training off the coast of Hawaii

Drydock shelter (DDS) deck captain signals to the operator of a Mark 8...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aerial port side view of the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class: Attack Submarine USS TOLEDO (SSN 769), showing USN SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team members conducting training drills topside in the in the Atlantic Ocean. SDV missions include clandestine insertion, ordnance delivery, location and recovery of objects and reconnaissance. A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) is underway of the starboard side of the Sub

Aerial port side view of the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class: Attack S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Davis J. Anderson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Lt. Ryan Mcgoldrick, assigned to Helicopter Squadron

Lt. Ryan Mcgoldrick, assigned to Helicopter Squadron

Lt. Ryan Mcgoldrick, assigned to Helicopter Squadron 75, "Wolf pack," shows a Korean navy pilot flight deck operations procedures aboard the Guided-missile Destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106), during the Rim of t... More

Ocean cross swell moves the special dive vehicle (SDV) to the side as the drydock shelter (DDS) crew prepare to tie down the SDV onto the cradle on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) during duel shelter operations off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii

Ocean cross swell moves the special dive vehicle (SDV) to the side as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) pilot checks the DS-2 buoy and connects into the buoy line for recovery on the drydock shelter platform of the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) during duel shelter special operations training off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii

A Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) pilot checks the DS-2 buoy and con...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) members of Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Team 2 (SDVT-2) prepare to launch one of the team's SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) Mk VIII from the back of the Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN 690) on a training exercise. The SDVs are used to carry Navy SEALs from a submerged submarine to enemy targets while staying underwater and undetected. SDVT-2 is stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia (VA), and conducts operations throughout the Atlantic and Southern, and European command geographic areas of responsibility

US Navy (USN) members of Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Te...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Andrew Mckaskle, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) is secured onto the drydock shelter (DDS) cradle on board the nuclear-powered submarine USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642) as the deck captain deflates the DS-2 buoy during duel shelter special operations training off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii

A Mark 8 special dive vehicle (SDV) is secured onto the drydock shelte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Wood Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 700) arrives in Souda Bay's harbor for a brief port visit. Commissioned in 1981, Dallas is the first Los Angeles-class submarine to have a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS), shown on the submarine's back. Dry Deck Shelters provide specially configured nuclear powered submarines with a greater capability of deploying Special Operations Forces (SOF). DDSs can transport, deploy, and recover SOF teams from Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRC) or SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV), all while remaining submerged. In an era of littoral warfare, this capability substantially enhances the combat flexibility of both the submarine and SOF personnel

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 7...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Souda Harbor State: Crete Country: Greece (GRC) Scene Camera Operator: Paul Farley, USN, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 700) sits pierside at the Norfolk Naval Facility (NAVFAC), Virginia (VA), with a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) equipped submarine attached to its aft escape trunk. DDS is the primary supporting craft for the Sea Air and Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle (SDV)

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USS DALLAS (SSN 700) Scene Camera Op... More

Dock workers crane lift a US Navy (USN) SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) onto the loading ramp for the Dry Deck Shelter (DDS), which is attached to the rear escape trunk on the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine, USS DALLAS (SSN 700), pierside at Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia (VA), in preparing for a Special Warfare Training Exercise (SWTE)

Dock workers crane lift a US Navy (USN) SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC(Sw/Aw) Dave Fliesen, USN Release Status: Release... More

Mr. Billy Rhodes operates an 80-ton Rough Terrain Crane to load a SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) aboard the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine, USS DALLAS (SSN 700), pierside at Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia (VA). Mr. Rhodes is a member of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT) team

Mr. Billy Rhodes operates an 80-ton Rough Terrain Crane to load a SEAL...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC(Sw/Aw) Dave Fliesen, USN Release Status: Release... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ross McDonald, a Canadian sailor

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ross McDonald, a Canadian sailor

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ross McDonald, a Canadian sailor from the jazz band "Jolly Tars," performs at the Pearl Harbor World War II Historic Sites Visitor Center. The band is participating in the Rim of the Pac... More

Royal Australian Navy divers, participating in Rim

Royal Australian Navy divers, participating in Rim

Royal Australian Navy divers, participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012, swim under the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), as part of a familiarization dive with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 Navy dive... More

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New Zealand, Japan and South Korea participate in a freestyle swimming competition at the Scott Pool. This was one of many sporting events which will be held throu... More

Australian Navy Clearance Divers and Mobile Diving

Australian Navy Clearance Divers and Mobile Diving

Australian Navy Clearance Divers and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 divers work together on setting up blast charges, during a land demolition training at Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations,... More

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors participate in a kayak

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors participate in a kayak

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors participate in a kayak race at the Rainbow Bay Marina. The RIMPAC-sponsored sports event was one of many to be held during the exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships an... More

PEARL HARBOR (May 13, 2020) Naval Special Warfare (NSW)

PEARL HARBOR (May 13, 2020) Naval Special Warfare (NSW)

PEARL HARBOR (May 13, 2020) Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators onboard SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Mark 11 conduct routine navigation training. NSW organizes, mans, trains, equips, deploys, sustains, and pro... More

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors participate in a kayak

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors participate in a kayak

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors participate in a kayak race at the Rainbow Bay Marina. The RIMPAC-sponsored sports event was one of many to be held during the exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships an... More

PEARL HARBOR (May 13, 2020) Naval Special Warfare (NSW)

PEARL HARBOR (May 13, 2020) Naval Special Warfare (NSW)

PEARL HARBOR (May 13, 2020) Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators onboard SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Mark 11 conduct routine navigation training. NSW organizes, mans, trains, equips, deploys, sustains, and pro... More

A New Zealand sailor, participating in the Rim of the

A New Zealand sailor, participating in the Rim of the

A New Zealand sailor, participating in the Rim of the Pacific 2012 exercise, paddles his kayak during a kayak race at the Rainbow Bay Marina. The RIMPAC-sponsored sports event was one of many to be held during ... More

Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver Able Seaman Sam

Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver Able Seaman Sam

Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diver Able Seaman Sam Peters shoots an M-4 rife while range line coach Gunners-mate 1st Class Max Gassant, of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, watches his target hits, during Ri... More

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, talks

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, talks

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, talks with the crew of Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 3 Logistics and Support Unit (LOGSU) 3 and SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Team 1 Pearl City Peninsula, durin... More

Royal Australian Navy divers, participating in Rim

Royal Australian Navy divers, participating in Rim

Royal Australian Navy divers, participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012, swims under the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63), as part of a familiarization dive with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 Navy div... More

Australian Navy Clearance Divers prepare a blast charge

Australian Navy Clearance Divers prepare a blast charge

Australian Navy Clearance Divers prepare a blast charge line, during a land demolition training with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, at Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships... More

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jumar Balacy,

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jumar Balacy,

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jumar Balacy, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, documents a flight deck familiarization tour between U.S. and Korean pilots, aboard the Guided-missile Destro... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Mike Broadley, a Canadian

Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Mike Broadley, a Canadian

Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Mike Broadley, a Canadian sailor from the jazz band "Jolly Tars," performs at the Pearl Harbor World War II Historic Sites Visitor Center. The band is participating in the Rim of th... More

A Navy SEAL Team 2 checks the safety attachments on a Mark 8 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) during a training scenario off the coast of the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, VA

A Navy SEAL Team 2 checks the safety attachments on a Mark 8 SEAL Deli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: CDR Glen King Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Royal Australian navy divers load-up rifle magazines

Royal Australian navy divers load-up rifle magazines

Royal Australian navy divers load-up rifle magazines before a small weapons shoot with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 divers, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships an... More

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, takes

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, takes

U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, takes a tour of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam aboard a rigid hull inflatable boat en route to Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 3 Logistics and Support Unit (LOG... More

PANAMA CITY, Florida - Naval Special Warfare Technical

PANAMA CITY, Florida - Naval Special Warfare Technical

PANAMA CITY, Florida - Naval Special Warfare Technical Program Manager Frank Hamilton, who resides at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, explains the mission of the SEAL Delivery Vehicle during ... More

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New Zealand, Japan and South Korea participate in a freestyle swimming competition at the Scott Pool. This was one of many sports events which will be held through... More

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 divers and Australian

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 divers and Australian

Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 divers and Australian Navy Clearance Divers set off a blast charge, during a land demolition training at Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships... More

Lt. Ryan Mcgoldrick, assigned to Helicopter Squadron

Lt. Ryan Mcgoldrick, assigned to Helicopter Squadron

Lt. Ryan Mcgoldrick, assigned to Helicopter Squadron 75, "Wolf Pack," shows Korean navy pilots the inside of a Seahawk MH-60R helicopter, aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106), during the ... More

Master Sgt. John P. Garcia Jr., Air Forces Central

Master Sgt. John P. Garcia Jr., Air Forces Central

Master Sgt. John P. Garcia Jr., Air Forces Central Command vehicle fleet manager, and native of Los Angeles, Calif., makes guacamole May 3 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve McDonald (left), Petty

Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve McDonald (left), Petty

Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve McDonald (left), Petty Officer 2nd Class Ross McDonald and Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Broadley, Canadian sailors from the jazz band "Jolly Tars," perform at the Pearl Harbor Worl... More

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New

Rim of the Pacific 2012 sailors from the U.S., New Zealand, Japan and South Korea participate in a backstroke swimming competition at the Scott Pool. This was one of many sports events which will be held throug... More

Deputy Commander, Combined Task Force, Rear Admiral

Deputy Commander, Combined Task Force, Rear Admiral

Deputy Commander, Combined Task Force, Rear Admiral Ron Lloyd, Royal Canadian Navy, speaks with chaplains participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 at a Chaplains' round table event at Ford Island. Twen... More

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, untangles a buoy line during a familiarization dive with Royal Australian Navy divers. MDSU 1 and Royal Australian Navy divers are working toge... More

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage

A Navy diver, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1, untangles a buoy line during a familiarization dive with Royal Australian navy divers. The units are working together during Rim of the Pacific 2012. ... More

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