Seabees Links

Books, Museums, Memorials, Seabee Culture, Other Battalions

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The 93rd Seabees Cruise Book (Now on CD ROM)

Pacific Duty: A Book of Record and Review of the Activities and Achievements of the Ninety-Third United States Naval Construction Battalion.  Edited by G.E. Pappas and Published by Lester C. Nielson Company, Huntington Park, CA, 1946

CD-ROMs for the 93rd NCB and for most other Seabee battalions can be purchased for $30 at the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation Museum store, located at the Port Hueneme, CA Naval Seabee Base, or on-line at www.seabeehf.org or by phone 805-982-5168 between 9am to 4pm Monday through Saturday PST

This 155 page, largely photographic album, gives the history, names and photographs of the 1000 Battalion members. Occasionally copies of the book itself are available through various on-line used book sites, however the prices can run from $75 to $215.

SeaBee Museums and Memorials

The Civil Engineer Corps and Seabee Museum
http://www.ncbc.navfac.navy.mil/cecmuseum/

Drop in visits by the general public are no longer allowed.
Contact the museum for information about reservations and guided tours.

Naval Construction Battalion Center
621 Pleasant Valley Rd.
Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4401
Phone: (805) 982-5169 Fax: (805) 982-5595

Mailing Address:
4111 San Pedro St.,
Code 9, Bldg. 99
Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4401

John Langellier Director/ Curator

National Museum of the Pacific War (Admiral Nimitz Museum)
 PO Box 777
Fredericksburg, TX 78624
http://www.nimitz-museum.org/

Mr. Jeff Hunt, Curator: 830-997-4379 x226
Mr. Floyd Cox, Coordinator-Oral History Program

Seabee Veterans Memorial and Museum
Endicott Naval Base, Davisville, RI
P.O. Box 646, North Kingston, RI 02852
 www.NSVA.org (click Davisville Museum)

Atlantic Fleet Seabee's Headquarters and Museum
5200 2nd Street, Building 59, Marvin Shields Blvd.,
Naval Battalion Construction Center,
Gulfport, MS 39501-5001.
www.cbcgulfport.navy.mil
http://www.ncbc.navfac.navy.mil/cecmuseport.um/gulfhtm

Navy Seabee Memorial
 Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA

Seabees Reading List

THE STORY OF THE SEABEES: CAN DO!- by William Bradford Huie, 1944, Bluejacketbooks, Naval Institute Press, Reissued 1997. Story of the first Battalion

FROM OMAHA TO OKINAWA - by William Bradford Huie, 1946. Bluejacketbooks, Naval Institute Press, Reissued 1997. 

DAVISVILLE AND THE SEABEES by Walter K. Schroder and Gloria Emma, Arcadia Press 1999. Stories and photos of Endicott Base in Davisville, RI. Toll-free 888-313-BOOK

Service Records for Veterans

Service records may be obtained by veterans or (if deceased) by next-of-kin from

National Personnel Records Center (Military Personnel Records)
9700 Page Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132-5100

Include what information you have, such as: Service number, Branch of service,  Date and place of deployment, Discharge date and location, Date and place of birth.

A form is also available on-line through the website of the National Seabee Veterans Association www.nsva.org.

Seabee Veterans Web Sites

Navy Seabee Veterans of America
www.nsva.org

Seabee Memorial Scholarship Assn., Scholarships for Seabees’ descendants.
www.seabee.org

Seabee web sites and memoirs
 www.vetshome.com/seabee's.htm

Navy Reunions
www.vets.org/Navy.htm

8th Construction Battalion (photo album includes barracks at training camps)
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/the8ball/main.html

Seabee cooking, culture, and stories
www.seabeecook.com

Seabee recruitment posters can be ordered or enlarged and sent as e-cards.
  www.snapshotsofthepast.com;  

Other Seabees memorabilia such as medals, postcards, and even menus can be found on ebay.