Global Information Lookup Global Information

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 information


Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FORTY
Active6 November 1942 – 28 November 1945
1 February 1966 – 12 September 2012
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Navy
Part of31st Seabee Readiness Group
homeport: Davisville, RI moved to Port Hueneme, CA in the mid 70sNaval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
EngagementsWorld War II
Vietnam War
Gulf War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FORTY (NMCB 40), nicknamed Fighting FORTY, was a US Navy Seabee Battalion based out of Port Hueneme, California. Its primary mission was wartime contingency construction as well as peacetime construction and disaster relief.

and 27 Related for: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 information

Request time (Page generated in 1.0859 seconds.)

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion FORTY (NMCB 40), nicknamed Fighting FORTY, was a US Navy Seabee Battalion based out of Port Hueneme, California. Its...

Word Count : 2364

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB ONE), is a United States Navy Seabee battalion. NMCB ONE, the original "Pioneers", has a long, proud and distinguished...

Word Count : 2247

Seabee

Last Update:

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Navy Seabees, form the U.S. Naval Construction Forces (NCF). The Seabee nickname is a...

Word Count : 20189

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SEVEN (NMCB 7) was a Navy Seabee battalion last homeported at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport Mississippi...

Word Count : 1551

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion TWO SIX (NMCB 26) was a United States Navy Seabee battalion commissioned in 1942 for support to Naval Operations in...

Word Count : 2061

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) is a United States Navy Construction Battalion, otherwise known as a Seabee battalion, homeported at...

Word Count : 7570

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE (NMCB 3) is a United States Navy Seabee that was one of the three original Construction Battalions authorized...

Word Count : 5487

Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme

Last Update:

11 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 26 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion...

Word Count : 476

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5

Last Update:

Naval Construction Battalion 5 was commissioned on May 25, 1942 at Camp Allen Va. The battalion went to Port Hueneme and shipped out for the first of...

Word Count : 2137

Naval Base Brisbane

Last Update:

Construction Battalion 138th Naval Construction Battalion Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 From the staging at Camp Seabee, Construction Battalions departed...

Word Count : 2527

Tinian Naval Base

Last Update:

Battalions, and the 1036th Naval Construction battalion Detachment; the latter, under Commander Jonathan P. Falconer, the 67th, 110th and 121st Naval...

Word Count : 5577

Amphibious Construction Battalion 2

Last Update:

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion...

Word Count : 1726

US Naval Base Solomons

Last Update:

the Pacific Ocean. Most were built by the US Navy Seabees, Naval Construction Battalions, during World War II as part of the Pacific War. In August 1942...

Word Count : 2577

Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia

Last Update:

the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 1, 40, 62, 71, 133 and Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 with the construction of the base. On...

Word Count : 1672

Naval Base Iwo Jima

Last Update:

5,025 feet (1,532 m) and the other 3,965 feet (1,209 m). Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 did the repair work on the runways. The runway was used...

Word Count : 2326

US Naval Bases North Africa

Last Update:

upcoming invasions. Seabees, United States Naval Construction Battalions, did most of the repair work, new construction, and maintaining work at the bases. Algeria...

Word Count : 5430

List of United States Marine Corps battalions

Last Update:

GCE battalions and regiments are provided air liaison officers/forward air controllers (i.e., Marine Corps naval aviators — aircraft pilots, and naval flight...

Word Count : 4321

Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

Last Update:

Disposal Mobile Unit One Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operational Support Unit Seven (decommissioned) Naval Special...

Word Count : 981

Naval Base Manus

Last Update:

working on Manus Naval Base: 2nd Naval Construction Regiment: 11th, 58th and 71st Naval Construction Battalion 5th Naval Construction Regiment: 35th, 44th...

Word Count : 2507

Naval Base Okinawa

Last Update:

use by US Navy and other branches. Naval Facility Okinawa Units: 76th Task Force Battalion for Mobile Construction Communication Detachment Command for...

Word Count : 3661

Mobile Riverine Force

Last Update:

In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) (after May 1967), initially designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later the Riverines, were...

Word Count : 1384

Naval Advance Base Saipan

Last Update:

base construction started after the Battle of Saipan ended on July 9, 1944. US Naval Advance Base Saipan was constructed by the Seabees Naval Mobile Construction...

Word Count : 1206

Naval Base Ulithi

Last Update:

Special Battalion arrived on 1 October, followed by the 88th Naval Construction Battalion on 11 November. The Seabees did major construction on five islands...

Word Count : 5109

Seabees in World War II

Last Update:

When World War II broke out the United States Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees) did not exist. The logistics of a two theater war were daunting...

Word Count : 11030

Naval Support Activity Charleston

Last Update:

Center, Naval Weapons Station 841st Transportation Battalion, Naval Weapons Station 1182d Deployment & Distribution Support Battalion (USAR), Naval Weapons...

Word Count : 1978

Admiralty Islands campaign order of battle

Last Update:

otherwise noted Naval Shore Detachment, 7th Fleet No. 9 Naval Advance Unit (less Advance Detachment) 17th Naval Construction Regiment No. 40 Communications...

Word Count : 563

Losuia Airport

Last Update:

the airfield on 2 August 1943. US Navy Seabees from the 60th Naval Construction Battalion expanded the airfield constructing a 7,000 feet (2,100 m) taxiway...

Word Count : 222

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net