Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The base was officially established and began operating May 18, 1942 as an Advance Base Depot (ABD). In 1945 the Advance Base Depot was renamed as a Naval Construction Battalion Center. [2] During the Korean War, almost all Navy construction equipment and supplies for the war were routed through CBC Port Hueneme. [2]
The dual usage was creating confusion in Vietnam. The Navy agreed there was an issue and changed the Navy's CB name format. The USN from "United States Naval" Mobile Construction Battalions was changed to U.S. and the N was moved to the "MCB" creating the "NMCBs" that exist today. [citation needed] Seabee Technical Assistance Teams
Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 – June 15, 1985) was a United States Navy Seabee diver who was murdered by Hezbollah members during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847. [1] At the time of his death, his Navy rating was Steelworker Second Class (SW2).
Naval Construction Battalion 5 was commissioned on May 25, 1942 at Camp Allen Va. [2] The battalion went to Port Hueneme and shipped out for the first of two deployments in the Pacific. When the war ended CB 5 was decommissioned in the Philippines. On July 10, 1951 the Battalion was re-commissioned as a MCB and remains an active unit today.
During the 1973 Okinawa Deployment, the battalion lost two Officers in an ambush in the Philippines to unknown assailants. Commanding Officer Cdr. L.R. Dobler and Lt. Jefferies PI OIC. Also killed was Capt. T. Mitchell Commander 30th NCR (Naval Construction Regiment). [59] Also during that deployment Camp Shields was hit by Category II Typhoon ...
Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) is a United States Navy base in Ventura County, California. Formed by the merger of NAS Point Mugu and CBC Port Hueneme, NBVC is a diverse installation composed of three main locations — Point Mugu, Port Hueneme, and San Nicolas Island. The base serves as an all-in-one mobilization site, deep water port ...
The Army Corps of Engineers is dredging Channel Islands Harbor, which will help fill Port Hueneme's receding coastline. Ongoing dredging of Channel Islands Harbor to replenish Port Hueneme's beach ...
On 11 June 1942, Naval Construction Battalion 4 was commissioned at NCTC Camp Allen, Norfolk, VA with 32 officers and 1,073 enlisted men. [3] The following month the unit received its military training at Camp Bradford before boarding a train for Port Hueneme, CA. [3]