Clearance Diving Team

A Clearance Diving Team is a type of naval diving group. See:-

  • Clearance Diving Team (RAN) for Australian naval divers.
  • Clearance Diver for British naval work divers.
  • Frogman for naval divers in general.

They are so called because their first job was clearing mines and wreckage from harbors after World War II.

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