SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams

SEAL Delivery (SDV) Vehicle Teams operate a fleet of minisubs used by the SEALs for covert underwater operations. SDV Teams are known to operate the Mk VIII Mod 1 SDV, a black, electrically-operated minisub which can carry 6 SEALs on clandestine operations:

• underwater insertion/extraction of SEALs
• placing magnetic limpet mines or other explosives to berthed shipping
• underwater reconnaissance
• cladestine approach for Maritime Counter Terrorism

SDV Team organization

There are 2 SDV Teams within Naval Special Warfare Command

• SDV Team 1 (SDVT-1)
  Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California
• SDV Team 2 (SDVT-2)
  Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia

SDV Team composition

SDV teams are formed of 2 platoons of 16 men, comprising:

• 11 SEALs
• 1 dive medical technician
• 4 fleet support maintenance technicians

A Mk VIII Mod 1 minisub operated by members of a SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team maneuvers into a dry dock shelter fitted to USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642), a U.S. Navy submarine.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Andrew McKaskle

SDV Teams Resources

• photos : Swimmer Delivery Vehicle Teams
  
  (click thumbnail for fullsize image)
  photo gallery : SDV Teams

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