Seabees from ACBs 1 and 2 place a deck section in the assembly of the Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS (M)) at Camp Patriot, Kuwait () It was the first time the ELCAS/M (length 1,400-feet) was assembled in a combat operation. Korean War – Amphibious Construction Battalion ONE Yo Do Island ACB 1 refueling Corsairs 15 July 1952 (USN) Operation Restore Hope Seabees from ACB 1 put the finishing touches on a helopad at the U.S. In October 1950, it was recognized by the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Forrest Sherman, that the 104th and 105th NCBs had specialized capabilities that separated them from the other Naval Construction Battalions and were re-designated Amphibious Construction Battalion One and Two. In January 1947, the 104th was reactivated and first began their Amphibious mission when the unit was tasked with "the assembly and placement of pontoon structures, beach rehabilitation, harbor development, salvage, and training of reservist in these operations". The battalion was eventually deactivated in Dec 1945. During these two years, the 104th completed numerous land based construction projects ranging from an airfield on Los Negros Island, in the Admiralties, to Naval Air Station Cubi Point on island of Leyte in the Philippines. The 104th was attached to VII Amphibious group in 1943 and sent to Gamadodo Center, Naval Base Milne Bay at Milne Bay, New Guinea Australia in 1944 and Leyte-Samar Naval Base at Leyte, Philippine Islands, 1945. During WWII there were five battalions tasked with pontoons, barges and the building of ship to shore causeways: CBs 70, 81, 111, 128, and 302.
Army (under General MacArthur, SWPA, Brisbane, Australia). Marine Corps (under Admiral Nimitz, CINCPOA, Pearl Harbor) while VII Amphibious Corps was U.S. During World War II CBs sent to the Pacific were attached to one of the four Amphibious Corps: I, III, and V were U.S. World War II – 104th Naval Construction BattalionĪCB-1 was originally commissioned at Camp Peary, Williamsburg, Virginia, 16 July 1943, as the 104th Naval Construction Battalion and was sent to Camp Endicott, Gulfport, Mississippi.
Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO is its sister unit based in Little Creek, Virginia.ĪCB-1's primary mission is to provide Ship to Shore transport of combat cargo, bulk fuel and water, and tactical camp operations supporting Amphibious Ready Group, Marine Expeditionary Force, Brigade sized operations, Combined/Joint Logistics Over the Shore (C/JLOTS), and Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) Operations. Military unit 104th NCB WWII insignia (Seabee Museum)Īmphibious Construction Battalion ONE (ACB1 or ACB-1 or PHIBCB 1 or PHIBCB One) is an amphibious construction battalion in the United States Navy based in Coronado, California.
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