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Rear Admiral Draper Laurence Kauffman (4 August 1911 – 18 August 1979) was an American underwater demolition expert, who served during the 1960s as 44th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy.
Learn about the life and career of Draper Kauffman, a naval officer who served in World War II, Vietnam, and as superintendent of the Naval Academy. Read his interviews and those of his associates, covering topics such as bomb disposal, underwater demolition, minority enrollment, and more.
The story of Draper Kauffman—father of World War II's underwater demolition teams, the predecessors of the U.S. Navy SEALs—is detailed in a new Naval Institute Press hook, America’s First Frogman.
Draper Kauffman was a good leader in more ways than one. He was a very slender guy—tall and thin. He had the original Coke-bottle glasses—really lousy vision.
Draper Kauffman was a naval officer who organized the first U.S. Navy Demolition Teams, which later became the SEALs. He received two Navy Crosses, one for his courage in defusing a Japanese bomb in Pearl Harbor and another for his leadership in World War II.
- August 4, 1911
- August 18, 1979
Oct 18, 2023 · Draper Kauffman. Kauffman would eventually rise to Rear Admiral in the Navy… But before that, when he was only in his 30s. He organized the Navy’s 1st Combat Demolition Units. And for that, he needed men… Kauffman had experience as a bomb/mine disposal officer with the British Royal Navy. He knew explosives. That was part one.
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Dec 9, 2012 · Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman became a hero of underwater demolition in World War II and went on to a distinguished naval career. Today Admiral Kauffman is remembered as the nation's first frogman and the father of the Navy Seals.
- Estate of Elizabeth Kauffman Bush
