The Seabee nickname is a heterograph of the initial letters "CB" from the words "Construction Battalion".
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12 Facts About Seabee
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Seabee's request was approved on 5 January 1942 by Admiral Nimitz.
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Until November 1942 the average Seabee was 37, even so, all received the same physical training.
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Seabee concluded what they had done was the only way to get accurate intelligence on submerged obstacles and conveyed that opinion to Adm.
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Seabee was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and is the only Seabee to receive the award.
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When it was over they had sent 137 Seabee teams, built 15 CB camps, and deployed 22 battalions.
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Seabee submitted it in November 1968 to General Creighton Abrams commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
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On 28 January 1969 a detachment of 50 men from Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 plus 17 Seabee divers began installation of the Tektite habitat in Great Lameshur Bay at Lameshur, US Virgin Islands.
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Seabee detachments have several hundred supporting Naval Special Warfare units based out of Coronado, CA, and Virginia Beach, VA.
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Seabee divers are attached to five principal commands outside the NCF:.
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That the Seabee being set inside a letter Q, for Quonset Point, be changed to a hawser rope and it would be officially adopted.
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US Navy Seabee Museum is located outside the main gate of Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Ca.
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