Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi)
Naval Construction Battalion Center is a 1,100-acre (450 ha) U.S. Navy industrial complex located in Gulfport, Mississippi. It serves as home base for the Atlantic Fleet Seabees, which are the Navy's construction battalions.
Entrance sign at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport
Navy Armed Guard Training Center
US Navy 050902-N-0000X-017 A U.S. Navy Seabee uses a traxcavator to remove debris from Hurricane Katrina on board Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Gulfport, Miss
US Navy 050904-N-6204K-028 A U.S. Navy Seabee front-end loader dumps Katrina debris into a dump truck during clean-up efforts in Biloxi, Miss
Gulfport is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi after the state capital, Jackson. Along with Biloxi, Gulfport is the co-county seat of Harrison County and part of the Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Gulfport has a population of 72,926; the metro area has a population of 416,259. Gulfport lies along the gulf coast of the United States in southern Mississippi, taking its name from its port on the Gulf Coast on the Mississippi Sound. It is home to the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Seabees.
Image: Gulfport, Mississippi Skyline (2022)
Image: Dan M. Russel Jr. Courthouse, Gulfport
Image: Mississippi Aquarium sign
Steamer loading resin in Gulfport, 1906