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Pictured above is the sketch done by Ensign William
Crawford Eddy. It was his 1926 Naval Academy class crest with the addition
of the submarine and dolphins. In 1928, Mr. George Meale representing
a Philadelphia firm of Bailey, Banks and Biddle, which had done work for
the Navy previously, requested the above insignia be modified by Eddy.
He then came up with the designs below.
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The recommendation was accepted by Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., Acting Secretary of the Navy. In 1941, the uniform regulations were
modified to allow officers and enlisted to wear them on their uniforms.
Submarine qualified officers were allowed to wear a gold plated bronze
pin centered above the left breast pocket. Enlisted were allowed to wear
an embroidered silk insignia on the outside of the right sleeve. In 1947,
it was shifted to above the left breast pocket.
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These dolphins signify that the person wearing them
has undergone a rigorous training that is unmatched. These are not given.
They are earned. They represent an extensive amount of training on virtually
every system on their submarine. After they have been earned, they are
worn with pride and recognized world wide.
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