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From Camp Bradford, the battalion caught a train to the Advance Base Depot, Port Hueneme. [2] NCB 11 was the very first CB to embark from that port for the Pacific. [3] In the early record, 11th's first assignments are referenced by their code-names: Straw-hat, Straw-stack [4] and Fetlock.
Coordinates (Point Mugu); (Port Hueneme); (San Nicolas Island); Type: Naval Base: Site information; Owner: Department of Defense: Operator: US Navy: Controlled by: Navy Region Southwest: Condition: Operational: Website: Official website: Site history; Built: 1941 – 1942: In use: 2000 () – present (as NB Ventura County): Garrison information; Current commander: Captain Jeff Chism: Airfield ...
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]
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).
US Navy 040510-F-5855M-061 Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) and Thailand Army soldiers work together to build a community center in Ban Poon Suk, Thailand in 2004 US Navy 060821-N-7770P-002 A team of U.S. Navy Seabees from NMCB 5, attached to Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF HOA), set up tents ...
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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 Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB 4) is a Navy Seabee battalion homeported at Port Hueneme, California. [2] Nicknamed the "Pioneers", it is the first of the many CBs created after the original three. The battalion's current insignia first appeared on its 1953–55 cruisebook. 4th NCB WWII insignia