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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