Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme

Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
CBC Port Hueneme
Port Hueneme, California
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme Insignia (11P0013).jpg
CBC Port Hueneme Insignia
Type Military base
In use May 18, 1942 - present
Controlled by United States Navy
Commanders Captain James J. McHugh, USN

Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme is the West Coast homeport of the Navy’s Seabees (from "C.B.", the initials for "Construction Battalion"). Port Hueneme (pronounced "Why-nee-mee"), supports the training and mobilization requirements for more than 2,600 active-duty personnel. The CBC also operates 1,600-acre (6.5 km2) Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme. The CBC is located on the vast agricultural Oxnard Plain, about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of Los Angeles, on the Southern California coast.

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U.S. Navy Seabee Museum

Located on Naval Base Ventura County is the U.S. Navy Seabee Museum, one of fifteen official U.S. Navy museums.[1] 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 to the Seabees.[1]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ a b U.S. Navy Seabee Museum webpage. Naval History & Heritage Command official website. Retrieved 2010-03-09.

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