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Camp Allen, [1] is a small United States Marine Corps base in Norfolk, Virginia, a satellite of the Naval Station Norfolk In 1942 the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks (now NAVFAC) wanted the first Seabee training center close to an existing Naval training facility with Norfolk being chosen because of the available land that could be purchased.
United States Naval Construction Battalion 7 (NCB 7) was commissioned on 17 June 1942 at the Naval Construction Training Center, Camp Allen, Norfolk, Virginia, under the command of Commander Julius L. Piland, CEC, USNR. WWII through 1970s. During World War II, NCB 7 made two deployments. The first was to Samoa and Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.
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 .
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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]
The station, which is administered by Naval Station Norfolk, [1] consists of two parallel pile-supported piers, roughly 1140 ft. (345 m.) in length, which form a slip that can accommodate all Navy and Coast Guard ships up to and including the largest warships afloat, the Nimitz class aircraft carriers. There is a second pier for smaller vessels ...
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The Joint Forces Staff College is located at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, adjacent to Naval Station Norfolk. In regards to dependent children living on-base, the on-property housing is zoned to Norfolk Public Schools and is assigned to: Sewells Point Elementary School, Blair Middle School, and Maury High School. [14]