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The below history is courtesy of NDCM(MDV) Dave Gove, Navy Diver Enlisted Community Manager.

Diving History -- History of the Navy Diver Rating.

The very first Diving rating was Gunners Mate.

Instruction in simple diving had been part of the course at the Gunnery School because Gunners Mates were assigned as ships divers as a collateral duty.

The introduction of the torpedo, a weapon that revolutionized Navy warfare caused the Navy to require a more in depth training pipeline to support torpedo testing and recovery.

In order to support this, the Navy established a school under Chief Gunners Mate Jacob Anderson to teach diving (August 1, 1882).

Chief Anderson's two week course was the first designed solely to train divers.
Based in Newport, RI; the school trained divers to descend to a maximum depth of 60 feet to recover exercise torpedoes.

The course of instruction was based solely on dress of the diver and underwater procedures.

Things like decompression, DCS or AGE were years from being discovered.

As the mission of the Navy Diver grew, so did the training and recognition of the program.

In 1929 two Diver's distinguishing marks (patches) were introduced. The Master Diver mark had a block letter "M" on the breast plate and the First Class Diver mark had the numeral "1".

Shortly there-after, two additional Diver distinguishing marks were added; Second Class Divers and Salvage Divers.

These cloth marks were awarded based on in-water/operational knowledge as much as they were on the training the individual received.

The outstanding contributions the Navy Diver had during WWII caused the Navy to attempt the establishment of a Diver rating in 1948.

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