National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, Naval special operations museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States.
The National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum is a museum about maritime special operations in Fort Pierce, Florida. The collection displays diving gear, attack vehicles, and small craft used in covert missions.
The museum opened on Veterans Day 1985 at the original training grounds where World War II naval personnel received their instruction. The facility documents the development of maritime special forces from the first demolition teams to the present day.
The exhibit preserves the legacy of the first combat swimmers who trained on these beaches during World War II. Visitors can see how requirements for maritime special forces have changed over the decades.
The museum stands at 3300 North A1A on North Hutchinson Island, in St. Lucie County just outside Fort Pierce. The entrance block with the dark glass doorway sits to the right of the curved facade, and the bronze SEAL statue and flagpole stand in front of it. A 2025-approved plan adds a two-story structure with an accessible rooftop overlooking the Atlantic.
The museum displays the actual training craft used by UDT frogmen recovery teams for the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions. Its collection also holds the MV Maersk Alabama lifeboat, in which Somali pirates held Captain Richard Phillips hostage.
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