- Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
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CBC Port Hueneme Port Hueneme, California
CBC Port Hueneme InsigniaType 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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Tenant Commands
See also: Seabee #Organization and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion #West Coast (Port Hueneme, California)- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40
- Underwater Construction Team 2
- 1st Naval Construction Regiment
- 30th Naval Construction Regiment
- 31st Seabee Readiness Group
See also: Seabee #Museums and U.S. Navy Museum #Other Navy museumsLocated 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]
See also
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (all NMCBs)
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1
- Amphibious Construction Battalion One (ACB-1)
- Amphibious Construction Battalion Two (ACB-2) – Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek#Major shore commands (at "Naval Construction Force")
Footnotes
- ^ a b U.S. Navy Seabee Museum webpage. Naval History & Heritage Command official website. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
External links
- Naval Base Ventura County website
Categories:- United States Navy bases
- Buildings and structures in Ventura County, California
- United States Navy stubs
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