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April 23
1971: The flag of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 was moved from Camp Haskins South, Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam (RVN) to the Construction Battalion Center (CBC), Port Hueneme, California.
April 24
(1945: The 69th Naval Construction Battalion (NCB) was the only full battalion assigned to Germany during World War II. On April 6, 1945, the first echelon of the 69th NCB left London, England, for Ostend, Belgium, where it docked on April 7. The next day, the men and equipment left Ostend in a convoy, crossed Belgium and part of Holland, then crossed the Mass River near Venlo, Holland. The Seabees moved to Verden, Germany, on April 24, and after the fall of Bremen on April 27, they moved to that city. It was here that the first echelon was joined by the rest of the battalion. After setting up camp at Lettow-Vorbeck-Kaserne, a few kilometers from Bremen, the Seabees immediately set to work re-roofing buildings where artillery had made huge breaches, installing plumbing and lighting , set up shops and offices, and install and repair. power lines. The battalion’s Seabees repaired port facilities at the nearby port of Bremerhaven.
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1968: NMCB 9’s advance team, consisting of one officer and 35 enlisted personnel, returned to Naval Air Station (NAS), Point Mugu, California, aboard a C-118 aircraft from Da Nang, RVN.
1970: Seabee Team 0413 arrived at its deployment site on Kusai Island, Ponape District, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
April 25
(1945: ACORN 46 decommissioned and Naval Air Station Marpi Field, Saipan commissioned. (Used during World War II, an ACORN was a tailor-made unit designed to carry out the rapid construction and subsequent operation of a forward base of landplanes and seaplanes. Each ACORN was staffed with a construction battalion , as well as trained personnel to operate the control tower, field lighting, aerological unit, transportation, medical, mooring and catering facilities. A Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) also accompanied each ACORN to maintain the base after initial construction was completed and the construction battalion withdrew. During the war, ACORNs were sent to locations such as Guadalcanal, Espiritu Santo, Green Island, Rendova, Treasury Island, and Majuro.)
1946: 93rd BCN inactivated at Samar, Philippines.
1965: As NMCB 10 prepared to depart Okinawa for the RVN, planning groups consisting of two officers and three enlisted men from NMCB 9, and three officers and three enlisted men from NMCB 3, arrived in Danang to perform preliminary engineering and material procurement for Seabee projects. then undergoing programming and scheduling for I Corps (ICTZ), Vietnam.
1967: The main body of NMCB 11 departed Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California, aboard a MAC C-130 aircraft for Forward Combat Base Dong Ha, RVN.
April 26
1943: 9th Special NCB commissioned at Naval Construction Training Center (NCTC) Camp Peary, Magruder, Virginia.
1967: NMCB 11’s main body consisting of 16 officers and 637 enlisted personnel deployed from CBC, Port Hueneme, Calif., to Forward Combat Base Dong Ha, RVN, via 11 Military Airlift Command C-130 aircraft.
1970: Seabee Team 0412 with Lt. jg JA Werner, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) as Officer in Charge (OIC) departed CBC, Port Hueneme, California for training and indoctrination in Guam, before proceeding to their final deployment site on Koror Island, Palau district. , TTPI.
1971: Seabee Team 4006 departed Davisville, Rhode Island for reassignment to OIC, Naval Construction Battalion, Detachment (DET) RVN Pacific Fleet (CBPAC) and deployment to Tan An, RVN.
April 27
1969: Disaster struck the area in and around Ammunition Supply Point (ASP) 1, Da Nang when it erupted, as if it were a volcano. It was the largest ASP in the I Corps area. NMCB 4 provided firefighting details to assist NMCB 5. NMCB 5’s Camp Hoover was adjacent to the massive ASP. NMCB 5’s Camp Hoover was 90 percent destroyed; however, only two Seabees were injured due to the immediate action taken during the initial explosions.
April 28
1943: 71st and 74th BCN commissioned at Camp Peary, Magruder, Virginia.
1961: NMCB 9 was chosen to receive the inaugural Peltier Award. Named in honor of Rear Admiral Eugene J. Peltier, former chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, the award is presented annually to the most outstanding Seabee battalion. The Society of American Military Engineers presented the award, in association with the U.S. Navy.
1967: NMCB 11, the first battalion to be deployed to I Corps North, began arriving at Forward Combat Base Dong Ha, RVN.
1968: Lt. Cmdr. WA Simmons, CEC, relieves Cmdr. GH Brown, CEC, as Executive Director, NMCB 71.
1971: NMCB 62’s advance team, first and second flights, arrived at Camp Moscrip, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico with 2 officers and 102 enlisted men.
1971: Seabee Team 0519 departed the Continental United States (CONUS) en route to TTPI.
April 29
1965: NMCB 10 departed Okinawa via Navy ships (2 LST, 1 LSD, and 1 AKA) for Chu Lai, RVN.
1968: Seabee Team 1012 departed CBC Port Hueneme, California, with 13 men for Thailand.
1971: NMCB 1’s advance team departed Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico for Davisville, Rhode Island. Seabee Team 4005 departed Davisville, Rhode Island to be reassigned to OIC CBPAC DET, Guam and deployed to Truk, TTPI.
