The Navy Experimental Diving Unit was established in 1927 at the Washington Navy Yard. A recent article in Faceplate (official newsletter for divers and salvors of the United States Navy) provides an historical summary of the Navy Experimental Diving Unit from 1927-2002.

Historical Highlights

• submarine rescue
• standard decompression tables
• recompression treatment tables
• surface decompression
• saturation diving
• early sea-floor habitats
• diver thermal protection

• Read about NEDU saturation divers in All Hands.
• Read about the salvage of the USS Monitor, an historical operation that was accomplished with the help of NEDU divers.