Links to 79th Battalion Seabees
History in World War II
 79th Battalion
History: From The Seventy-Ninth United States Naval Construction Battalion
Cruise Book (Boot Camp to the Aleutians)
79th Battalion History:
Courtesy of Seabee (Ret.) Steve Karoly (Complete history)
79th Battalion Transported
to Aleutians: Transporting of 79th NCB on board Troop Transport Ship USS
CHAUMONT (AP-5)
79th Battalion Transported
to Saipan: Transporting of 79th NCB on board Troopship SS CAPE BON (C1-A 1089)
Fog Intensity, Dispersal
Of (F.I.D.O.): Participation of a 79th Seabee Naval Construction Battalion
detachment in F.I.D.O. installation.
79th NCB Detachment at
Cold Bay, Aleutians: A Naval airfield for coastal defense of the main base on
Kodiak Island.
79th Battalion and LST-598:
Photo of LST-598 that transported portions of the 79th from Saipan to Okinawa.
79th Battalion and LST-785:
LST-785 that transported portions of the 79th from Saipan to Okinawa.
79th Battalion and LST-736:
LST-736 that transported portions of the 79th from Saipan to Okinawa.
Allen C. Tompkins, 79th Construction
Battalion: Photos of downtown Kodiak during the 79th's 1st tour of duty in the
Aleutians.
Kodiak Military History, Allen C.
Tompkins 79th Construction Battalion: Photos of the 79th on 1st tour of duty in
the Aleutians
79th Basic Gulfport: Photos -
Basic training in Gulfport, Mississippi
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