Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 is a Navy Seabee battalion homeported at Port Hueneme, California. Nicknamed the "Pioneers", it is the first of the many CBs created after the original three. The battalion's current insignia first appeared on its 1953–55 cruisebook.
4th NCB WWII insignia
Ghost Battalion colors at Quang Tri. The Seabees had 11,000 graves to move in order to construct that airfield.
The 2,040' "Liberty" bridge built by CB 4 over the Song Thu Bon river in 1967. It was built to get tanks into Arizona Territory and was attacked and burned multiple times.
Special Forces Command inspects MCB 4 construction at the Con Thien Special Forces camp. Photo released by Seabee PAO Office Washington DC
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, is a United States Navy Seabee battalion. NMCB ONE, the original "Pioneers", has a long, proud and distinguished history as the very first Naval Construction Battalion of the service that would become known as the Seabees.
1st Naval Construction Battalion WWII insignia. (Seabee Museum)
F4U at Turtle Bay Airfield on Espirto Santo. One of the Black Sheep Squadron (VMF-214).
MCB 1 Sled train departing Little America for traverse to Byrd Station(646 miles) or the South Pole(850 miles). The Navy ordered SP-LGP D8s (SP=special) with the frames extended 4 feet and tracks 54 inches wide resulting in a ground pressure of 4.30 psi and blades 18.5 feet wide. There were two types of sleds: 10 ton or 20 ton that could be hitched in multiples.
Nuclear Power Plant constructed by MCB 1.