The Deep Submergence Insignia is a uniform breast pin worn by officers and men of the United States Navy's

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 submarine

Submarine

A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...

 service who are qualified in submarines and have completed one year of regular assignment to a Manned or Unmanned Deep Submersible. The badge was first approved on 6 April 1981.

Examples of eligible Deep Submersible Vessels include:

• Trieste
• Trieste II (DSV-1)
  Bathyscaphe Trieste II
  Trieste II ' was the successor to Trieste — the United States Navy's first bathyscaphe purchased from its Swiss designers. The original Trieste design was heavily modified by the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, California and built at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard...
  
  
• Alvin (DSV-2)
• Turtle (DSV-3)
• Sea Cliff (DSV-4)
• USS Dolphin (AGSS-555)
  USS Dolphin (AGSS-555)
  USS Dolphin was the United States Navy's only operational diesel-electric, deep-diving, research and development submarine. Her keel was laid down on 9 November 1962 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 8 June 1968 sponsored by Mrs. Daniel K...
  
  
• NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft
  NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft
  The Deep Submergence Vessel NR-1 was a unique United States Navy nuclear-powered ocean engineering and research submarine. It was built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics at Groton, Connecticut. It was launched on January 25, 1969, completed its initial sea trials August 19, 1969,...
  
  
• Deep Submergence Unit, Unmanned Vehicles Detachment (UMV)
• Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Mystic (DSRV-1)
  DSRV-1 Mystic
  DSRV-1 Mystic is a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle that is rated to dive up to 1500 metres. DSRV1 was built by Lockheed for the U.S. Navy and launched 24 January 1970....
  
  
• DSRV Avalon (DSRV-2)
  DSRV-2 Avalon
  DSRV-2 Avalon is a Mystic class Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle that is rated to dive up to 5000 feet . The submarine was acquired in response to the loss of the so that the Navy would have a way to rescue submarine crews trapped far beneath the ocean surface.Avalon was launched in 1971...
  
  

The insignia is also authorized to a supporting deep submergence detachment.

The Deep Submergence Insignia is issued in two grades, gold for officers and silver for enlisted personnel (enlisted personnel may wear the gold pin if they have qualified officer watches).