Naval Construction Battalions
type: Q43229
type: Agent
type: Organisation
type: SocialPerson
type: Q176799
type: Q24229398
type: MilitaryUnit
type: Organization
type: Thing
nick: Seabees
label: Seabees @it
label: Seabee
label: シービー @ja
label: 美国海军工程营 @zh
subject: Category:Seabee units and formations
subject: Category:United States Navy
subject: Category:Military engineering of the United States
subject: Category:United States Navy ratings
subject: Category:Military units and formations established in 1942
subject: Category:Seabees
anniversary: 1941-12-28
anniversary: 1942-03-05
colour: United States Navy
footer: WWII Naval Officers assigned to Naval Construction Battalions from the Civil Engineer Corps, Medical Corps, Dental Corps and Supply Corps had a Silver Seabee on their Corps insignia. The WWII CEC insignia is used today as the emblem of the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation.
start date: 1942
website: seabees
battles: * World War II ** Guadalcanal ** Bougainville ** Cape Gloucester ** Los Negros ** Guam ** Peleliu ** Tarawa ** Kwajalein ** Saipan ** Tinian ** Iwo Jima ** Philippines ** Okinawa ** North Africa ** Sicily ** Anzio ** Normandy * Korean War ** Inchon landing * Vietnam War ** Khe Sanh ** Dong Xoai ** Chu Lai ** Con Thien * Desert Storm * Operation Iraqi Freedom * Enduring Freedom
branch: United States Navy
alt: CEC Insignia
alt: Second class diver badge
alt: Supply Corps Insignia
alt: Diving officer badge
alt: First class diver badge
alt: Master diver badge
image: US Navy 041208-N-4614W-001 U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Two Three , secure a severely damaged school in Fallujah, Iraq.jpg
image: 1
image: US Military 2nd Class Diver Badge.jpg
image: CEC Insignia.jpg
image: Supply Corps Insignia.jpg
image: MDV Pin.jpg
image: USN-USCG Diving Officer insignia.png
image: Operation Karsha Pa Rago Kee 110529-A-WA427-032.jpg
align: right
header: Seabee Underwater Construction Technicians Insignia
width: 120
width: 115
width: 68
width: 175
width: 160
width: 143
mascot: Bumblebee
motto: "Can Do"
motto: for "We build, We fight"
anniversaries: 1941-12-28
anniversaries: 1942-03-05
type: Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
nickname: Seabees
notable commanders: Admiral Ben Moreell
header align: center
description: Bautruppen der US Navy @de
description: member of the United States Naval Construction Forces
description: アメリカ海軍工兵隊 @ja
description: ingenjörsförband i USA:s flotta @sv
wiki page external link: https://books.google.com/books%3Fid=6oLtZBuRZH4C&printsec=frontcover%23v=onepage&q&f=false
wiki page external link: https://books.google.com/books%3Fid=FSeJJDfj140C&pg=PA244%7Ctitle=The
wiki page external link: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/oob/us_4.htm/
wiki page external link: http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/S/e/Seabees.htm
wiki page external link: https://web.archive.org/web/20200830202304/http:/navybmr.com/study%20material/14234a/14234A_ch1.pdf
wiki page external link: http://delabrede.com/Hettema/MyExperienceWithUDT-ArtHettema.html
wiki page external link: https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=XfRdpMFuoNQ/
wiki page external link: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a602832.pdf
wiki page external link: http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a509334.pdf
wiki page external link: http://www.seabeehf.org/
wiki page external link: https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/milpersman/1000/1300Assignment/Documents/1306-918%20.pdf
wiki page external link: https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/centers/ceneoddive/ndstc/Default.aspx
wiki page external link: https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/centers/ceneoddive/ndstc/SeabeeDivers.aspx/
wiki page external link: http://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/2014/07/17/project-tektite-i-and-the-birth-of-the-underwater-construction-teams/
wiki page external link: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/h/history-of-seabees/korean-war.html