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  2. Seabees in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Navy does not make a distinction for awards given inside or outside the NCF nor does it identify Seabees in the NCDUs or UDTs awards. Admiral Turner recommended over 60 Silver Stars and over 300 Bronze Stars with Combat "Vs" for the Seabees and other service members of UDTs 1-7 [ 97 ] That was unpresendented in USN/USMC history. [ 97 ]

  3. Seabee - Wikipedia

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    Teams 1–21 saw actual deployment with the Seabees providing over half of the men in those teams. The Navy did not publicize the existence of the UDTs until post-war and when they did they gave credit to Lt. Cmdr. Kauffman and the Seabees. [133] During World War II the Navy did not have a rating for the UDTs nor did they have an insignia.

  4. Navy lighterage pontoon - Wikipedia

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    The Navy Lighterage pontoon (NLP) was a type of pontoon developed in World War II by Capt. John N. Laycock Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) and used by United States Navy Construction Battalions [1] on invasion beaches and shallow harbors or harbors where the facilities had been destroyed or did not exist. It was referred to as the Seabee's "magic box".

  5. US Naval Advance Bases - Wikipedia

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    The Seabees in World War II built most of the airfields used by the United States Army Air Forces and United States Marine Corps, as they had the ships and cranes needed to transport the vast amount of equipment needed at the advance bases.

  6. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26 - Wikipedia

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    Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWO SIX (NMCB 26) was a United States Navy Seabee battalion commissioned in 1942 for support to Naval Operations in the Pacific Theater in World War II and later a Reserve Naval Construction Battalion based in various locations in the Midwest from 1962 until 2014.

  7. List of equipment of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The class has become the longest production run for any post-World War II U.S. Navy surface combatant, with the potential to exceed over a hundred ships. The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet , a twin-engine , carrier-capable , multirole jet fighter .

  8. Why the Navy Seabees came to work this fall at Outdoor ... - AOL

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  9. Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme - Wikipedia

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    Located on Naval Base Ventura County is the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, one of fifteen official U.S. Navy museums. [3] The museum is the principal repository for the Seabees’ operational history. The Seabee Archive contains various operational records, battalion histories, manuscripts, oral histories, biographies, and personal papers pertaining ...