| Part III--The Advance Bases |
| Chapter |
|
Page |
| 18-- |
Bases in South America and the Caribbean Area, Including Bermuda |
1 |
| 19-- |
Bases in the North Atlantic |
47 |
| 20-- |
The Mediterranean Area |
75 |
| 21-- |
Construction Battalions in France and Germany |
95 |
| 22-- |
Pearl Harbor and the Outlying Islands of Midway,
Wake, Johnston, Palmyra, Canton, and French Frigate Shoals |
121 |
| 23-- |
Bases in Alaska and the Aleutians |
163 |
| 24-- |
Bases in the South Pacific |
191 |
| 25-- |
Campaign in the Solomons |
241 |
| 26-- |
Bases in the Southwest Pacific |
277 |
| 27-- |
Bases in the Central Pacific |
313 |
| 28-- |
Bases in the Marianas and Iwo Jima |
337 |
| 29-- |
Bases in the Philippines |
375 |
| 30-- |
Okinawa |
397 |
| 31-- |
After V-J Day |
413 |
| Appendix--The Seabee Record |
417 |
| Index |
429 |
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| Illustrations Photographs |
| Navy's First Advance Base |
| Frontispiece |
| LTA Steel Hangar,
Built by the 80th Seabees, at Carlson Field, Trinidad |
| facing 1 |
| Tenth Naval District Headquarters,
San Juan Puerto Rico |
| 4 |
| Drydock Area, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 7 |
| Bourne Field, St. Thomas |
| 10 |
| Catchment Area for Laundry and Power House at the Submarine Base, St. Thomas |
| 11 |
| McCalla Field Headquarters, Guantanamo Bay |
| 12 |
| Barracks at Trinidad Naval Base |
| 23 |
| Naval Supply Depot, Trinidad |
| 24 |
| Section Base Dispensary, Trinidad |
| 25 |
| Administration and Subsistence Buildings, Trinidad Naval Base |
| 26 |
| Building a Dike for Ship Repair Facilities in Chaguaramas Bay, Trinidad |
| 27 |
| Naval Hospital, Trinidad |
| 28 |
| Small Boat Landing, Trinidad |
| 29 |
| NAS Bermuda in the Process of Construction |
| 30 |
| NAS Bermuda |
| 33 |
| Seaplane Base at Aeolian Cove, Galapagos |
| 37 |
| United States Naval Base, Corinto, Nicaragua |
| 39 |
| Aratu Seaplane Base, Brazil |
| 45 |
| Commissioning Ceremony, NAS Argentia |
| 48 |
| Administration Building, Argentia Naval Operating Base |
| 49 |
| Wooden YFD in Operation at Argentia |
| 50 |
| NAS Argentia, as Viewed from the Control Tower |
| 51 |
| Drill Hall and Gymnasium, Argentia |
| 51 |
| Shops and Warehouses at NAS Argentia |
| 53 |
| Shop at the Naval Operating Base, Argentia |
| 55 |
| Tank Farm at Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 57 |
| Pier to Deep Water at the Tank Farm, Reykjavik |
| 58 |
| Tank Farm on the Shores of Hvalfjordur, Iceland |
| 60 |
| General Headquarters, Londonderry |
| 64 |
| General View of Living Quarters at Springtown Base, Londonderry |
| 65 |
| Creevagh Hospital Base, Londonderry |
| 66 |
| Lisahally Base, Londonderry |
| 67 |
| Warehouses in the Lisahally Storage Area |
| 68 |
| Rosneath, Scotland |
| 71 |
| Tank Farm, Rosneath |
| 72 |
| Industrial Section at the Seabee Base, Rosneath |
| 73 |
| Naval Supply Depot and Camp, Oran |
| 76 |
| Naval Receiving Station, Oran |
| 77 |
| Mobile Hospital Camp, Oran |
| 77 |
| Pontoon Causeway About to Go Over the Side of an LST, Arzeu |
| 78 |
| Airfield at Port Lyautey |
| 81 |
| Hospital Area, Port Lyautey |
| 82 |
| Pontoon Crane in Action at Port Lyautey |
| 83 |
| VP73 and Hedron 13 Personnel at Quarters, Agadir, |
| 84 |
| Aircraft Maintenance Group Huts at Agadir |
| 85 |
| Casablanca Dock Area and Harbor Entrance |
| 86 |
| Pontoons in the Sicilian Invasion, July 10, 1943 |
| 88 |
| 1006th Seabees in the Salerno Invason |
| 89 |
| 1006th Seabees Using a Three-Section Pontoon Causeway at Safta Beach |
| 89 |
| Praia Dock Area, Azores |
| 92 |
| South Breakwater, Monrovia |
| 94 |
| Naval Construction Battalion Depot, Heathfield, England |
| 98 |
| Interior of Temporary Ward, St. Michael's Hospital, Falmouth |
| 99 |
| Uneven OMAHA Beach |
| 100 |
| LST Moves in to Secure to a Liebnitz Pier, OMAHA Beach |
| 101 |
| PHOENIXES at OMAHA Beach |
| 102 |
| Bombardons Moored in Position Off OMAHA Beach |
| 103 |
| Rhino Ferries in Action at OMAHA Beach |
| 104 |
| Personnel Huts at Vicarage Base, Plymouth |
| 105 |
| Naval Dispensary, Manadon Field, Plymouth |
| 106 |
| Storage Warehouses at Exeter Suply Base |
| 107 |
| Rhino Ferry "Married" to an LST |
| 108 |
| GOOSEBERRY No. 2 at OMAHA Beach |
| 109 |
| Unloading Activities at OMAHA Beach MULBERRY |
| 110 |
| Spud Pierhead and Flesible Piers |
| 111 |
| OMAHA Beach Before the MULBERRY Was Installed |
| 112 |
| An Army DUKW Crosses One of the British-built WHALE Bridges at OMAHA Beach |
| 113 |
| OMAHA Beach After the Great Storm |
| 115 |
| Seabees Repair Ship at OMAHA Beach |
| 116 |
| First Seabee Camp on the Normandy Beach |
| 119 |
| Dry Dock No. 1, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard |
| 124 |
| Barracks at the Staging Center, Pearl Harbor |
| 126 |
| Supply Department Warehouse, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard |
| 127 |
| Small Bombproof Power Substation, Pearl Harbor |
| 128 |
| Ordnance Shop, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard |
| 129 |
| Dry Dock No. 4, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard |
| 131 |
| Reinforced Concrete Storehouse, Naval Supply Depot, Pearl Harbor |
| 133 |
| Upper Tank Farm, Pearl Harbor |
| 134 |
| Barracks and Recreation Field at Kaneohe Naval Air Station |
| 137 |
| Assembly and Repair Shop, Kaneohe Naval Air Station |
| 138 |
| Bachelor Officers' Wuarters, Kaneohe Naval Air Station |
| 139 |
| Indutrial Area, Barbers Point Naval Air Station |
| 140 |
| Administration Building at Pearl Harbor Naval Air Station |
| 141 |
| Nose Hangars at Honolulu Naval Air Stations |
| 143 |
| Nose Hangar Shop, NAS Honolulu |
| 143 |
| Barracks for Civilian Housing, Marine Corps Air Station, Ewa |
| 144 |
| Covered Concrete Revetments, Marine Corps Air Station, Ewa |
| 145 |
| Aiea Naval Hospital |
| 146 |
| Wards at the Naval Hospital on Moanalua Ridge |
| 147 |
| NAS Pearl Harbor |
| 148 |
| 14th District Quarters for Perrmanent and Transient Officers, Moanalua |
| 150 |
| Control Tower, Marine Corps Air Station, Ewa |
| 157 |
| Bachelor Officers' Quarters, NAS Pearl Harbor |
| 161 |
| Barracks at Pearl Harbor Separation Center |
| 162 |
| NAS Sitka |
| 164 |
| Building an Airfield in the Aleutians |
| 166 |
| NAS Kodiak |
| 168 |
| Naval Operating Base at Adak |
| 170 |
| Members of the 86th Battalion at Adak |
| 173 |
| Building a Road at Adak |
| 174 |
| Hospital Area at Adak |
| 177 |
| Hedron Area Under Construction, Adak |
| 180 |
| 86th Seabees Lined Up for Inspection on Maintenance Avenue, Adak, July 16, 1944 |
| 183 |
| General View of the Naval Air Station at Attu |
| 185 |
| Hospital Area, Attu |
| 187 |
| Seabees at Point Barrow |
| 188 |
| A Point Barrow Supply Train |
| 189 |
| Borabora |
| 193 |
| Refrigerator Warehouse, Havannah Harbor, Efate |
| 194 |
| Pallikula Bay Pontoon Wharf, Espiritu Santo |
| 198 |
| Aviation Supply Annex, Espiritu Santo, Under Construction |
| 199 |
| Pontoon Pier at the Seaplane Base, Noumea |
| 200 |
| Luganville Field, Espiritu Santo |
| 201 |
| Naval Air Transport Service Facilities, Espiritu Santo |
| 204 |
| Aviation Overhaul Area, Espiritu Santo |
| 205 |
| Ship Repair Unit Shop Area, Noumea |
| 208 |
| Naval Hospital No. 3, Espiritu Santo |
| 209 |
| Bombproof Operations Building, Tafuna Airfield, Tutuila |
| 210 |
| Ship Repair Base, Noumea |
| 214 |
| Crane Hoisting Concrete Beams for Cribbing at the End of the 600-foot Marine Pier, Upolu |
| 215 |
| Fuel Tanks at Noumea |
| 216 |
| Oxygen Plant in the Industrial Area, Espiritu Santo |
| 220 |
| Mobile Hospital No. 7, Noumea |
| 224 |
| Ship Repair Unit, Ile Nou, Noumea |
| 225 |
| Pontoon Assembly Area, Noumea |
| 226 |
| Men of the 36th Battalion Erecting Dallas Huts, Espiritu Santo |
| 231 |
| PT-boat Drydock and Repair Base, Espiritu Santo |
| 234 |
| PBY Base, Espiritu Santo |
| 238 |
| 36th Seabees Enroute to Bougainville |
| 243 |
| Building a New Fighter Strip on Guadalcanal |
| 247 |
| Unloading Gas and Oil Drums on the Beach at Bougainville |
| 248 |
| Piva Bomber Field, Bougainville |
| 250 |
| Work Shops and Marine Railway at the Landing Craft Repair Base, Carter City |
| 254 |
| Halavo Seaplane Base, Florida Island |
| 255 |
| Living Quarters at Carter City, Florida Island |
| 256 |
| Florida Island Chapel |
| 257 |
| 33rd Seabees Working on Banika Airfield, in the Russells |
| 258 |
| Advance Base Construction Depot, Banika Island |
| 260 |
| Acorn 15 Messhall, Bougainville, May 9, 1944 |
| 261 |
| Seabees Laying Pierced Plank at Bougainville |
| 264 |
| Quonset Hut Erected by 73rd Seabees for Field Operations at Munda |
| 265 |
| Torokina Fighter Field, November 13, 1943 |
| 270 |
| Torokina Fighter Field, November 15, 1943 |
| 272 |
| Torokina Fighter Field, December 2, 1943 |
| 273 |
| Torokina Fighter Field, December 10, 1943 |
| 276 |
| Ship Repair Facilities at Lombrum, Los Negros |
| 281 |
| Naval Receiving Station, Lorengau, Manus, November 1944 |
| 282 |
| Sedimentation Tank in Operation in the Admiralties |
| 283 |
| Chapel in the Admiralties |
| 285 |
| Advance Base Construction Depot, Milne Bay, New Georgia |
| 288 |
| Filtering Tanks at the Filtering Station, Manus |
| 289 |
| Advance Base Construction Depot, Manus |
| 294 |
| 71st Seabees Build an Airfield in the Admiralties, May 28, 1944 |
| 298 |
| 71st Seabees Build an Airfield in the Admiralties, June 1, 1944 |
| 298 |
| 71st Seabees Build an Airfield in the Admiralties, June 4, 1944 |
| 299 |
| Blasting for Coral in the Admiralties |
| 300 |
| Coral Excavation at Pityilu |
| 301 |
| Parking Area After Coral Surfacing Had Been Applied, Pityilu Airfield |
| 302 |
| Parachute Loft at Pityilu Airfield |
| 303 |
| Waterfront Facilities at Hollandia |
| 306 |
| Naval Supply Depot Refrigerator Area, Hollandia |
| 307 |
| Hospital Wards on Owi Island |
| 310 |
| Airfield and Adjoining Facilities on Betio Island, Tarawa |
| 316 |
| Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll |
| 321 |
| Quonset-hut Variation at Eniwetok |
| 326 |
| Naval Base Hospital 20, Peleliu |
| 330 |
| ORANGE Beach Causeway and Channel Entrance Peleliu |
| 331 |
| PURPLE Beach Chapel, Peleliu |
| 332 |
| Sorlen Island, Ulithi |
| 335 |
| Orote Peninsula, Guam |
| 336 |
| Seabee-built Enlisted Men's Quarters of the 50th Bombardment Group, Saipan |
| 339 |
| Double-decker Quonset at Saipan |
| 341 |
| Garapan Waterfront Development, Saipan |
| 342 |
| Hangars at Harmon Field, Guam |
| 344 |
| Ordnance Supply Annex of the Naval Supply Depot, Guam |
| 345 |
| Black Oil Tank Farm, Guam |
| 346 |
| Apra Harbor and Breakwater |
| 347 |
| Wards of Fleet Hospital No. 115, Guam |
| 348 |
| Wards of Fleet Hospital No. 103, Guam |
| 349 |
| Base Hospital No. 18, Guam |
| 350 |
| Advance Base Construction Depot, Guam |
| 351 |
| Dispensary at Marianas Headquarters, Guam |
| 351 |
| Chapel at Fleet Hospital No. 111, Guam |
| 352 |
| Third Marines' Chapel, Guam |
| 353 |
| Port Director's Headquarters, Guam |
| 354 |
| Nose Hangars at Agana Naval Air Station, Guam |
| 354 |
| Bachelor Officers' Quarters, Guam |
| 355 |
| Barrigada Radio Station, Guam |
| 356 |
| Marine Corps Field Depot, Guam |
| 356 |
| Third Marines' Recreation Center, Guam |
| 357 |
| Route 6, Guam |
| 358 |
| Camp of the 94th Seabees, Guam |
| 359 |
| Tinian Camp of the 50th Seabees, April 1945 |
| 360 |
| North Field, Tinian |
| 361 |
| Naval Air Base, Tinian |
| 362 |
| B-29's and Taxiway, North Field, Tinian |
| 363 |
| North Field, Tinian |
| 364 |
| Tinian Breakwater |
| 366 |
| Tinian Harbor |
| 367 |
| Men and Equipment of the 62nd Battalion Workinng on the Second Airstrip, Iwo Jima |
| 369 |
| 90th Seabees Excavating for Tank-farm Pipeline, Iwo Jima |
| 370 |
| Iwo Jima Hangar Erected by the 8th Seabees |
| 370 |
| Seventh Fleet Command Headquarters, Iwo Jima |
| 371 |
| 133rd Seabees Build a Culvert, Iwo Jima |
| 371 |
| CASU 52 Camp and Administration Area, Iwo Jima |
| 372 |
| Messhall and Galley at CASU 52 Camp, Iwo Jima |
| 372 |
| 90th Seabeees Move a Quonset Hut, Iwo Jima |
| 373 |
| Philippine Sea Frontier Headquarters, Leyte |
| 374 |
| Seabees Build an Airstrip Thhhrough a Philipine Swamp |
| 378 |
| Receiving Station, Tubabao Island, Samar |
| 380 |
| Wharf Area of the Naval Supply Depot, Calicoan |
| 381 |
| Jungle Road on Calicoan Island |
| 382 |
| Administration Building at the Samar Naval Air Base |
| 384 |
| General View of the Supply Depot, Samar |
| 385 |
| Multiple-quonset Warehouses at the Supply Depot, Calicoan Island |
| 387 |
| Street Scene at the Calicoan Supply Depot |
| 388 |
| Filtration Plant with 810,000 gallons-per-day Capacity, Subic Bay |
| 392 |
| Naval Supply Depot Area, Subic Bay |
| 393 |
| Samar Camp of the 100th Seabees, November 1945 |
| 394 |
| Naval Aviation Repair and Overhaul Unit, Samar |
| 395 |
| Unloading Across a Pontoon Causeway, Okinawa |
| 400 |
| Road-surfacing Operations by the 71st Seabees on Okinawa |
| 401 |
| Yonabaru Pier in Operation, July 23, 1945 |
| 402 |
| Katchin Hanto Peninsula, Okinawa |
| 403 |
| Extension to Pier at Baten Ko, Okinawa |
| 404 |
| Pontoon Pier at Katchni Hanto, Okinawa, May 12, 1945 |
| 405 |
| Kadena Traffic Circle, Okinawa |
| 406 |
| Automotive Construction Equipment Overhaul and Repair Depot, Okinawa |
| 406 |
| Building a Runway at Yontan Airfield, Okinawa |
| 407 |
| Overloaded Truck Towed Through Okinawa Mud |
| 407 |
| Water Point, Okinawa |
| 408 |
| 58th Seabees Place Mat for Seaplane Ramp, Katchin Hanto Seaplane Base |
| 410 |
| Tide-control Gates for Drainage of Yonabaru Airfield |
| 410 |
| Building the Operational Unit for the 301st Fighter Group, Ie Shima |
| 411 |
| Docking Facilities at Ie Shima |
| 411 |
| Chimu Airfield, Okinawa |
| 412 |
| Temporary Quarters of the 72nd Seabees at Sasebo, Japan |
| 415 |
Maps |
| Western Atlantic and Canal Zone Defense Area | |
2 |
| Caribbean Area | |
8 |
| Panama Canal Zone | |
17 |
| The North Atlantic Area | |
48 |
| Irish and Scottish Bases | |
62 |
| Mediterranean Area | |
78 |
| Bases in Southern England and in Normandy | |
96 |
| Oahu Island | |
123 |
| Maui Island | |
153 |
| Hawaiian and Outlying Islands | |
154 |
| Alaska and the Aleutians | |
164 |
| South Pacific Islands | |
194 |
| Borabora | |
197 |
| Efate | |
203 |
| Tongatabu | |
207 |
| Tutuila | |
211 |
| Upolu | |
213 |
| Wallis | |
217 |
| Viti Levu | |
219 |
| New Caledonia | |
223 |
| Espiritu Santo | |
229 |
| Funafuti | |
233 |
| Nukufetau | |
235 |
| Nanomea | |
237 |
| The Solomon Islands | |
242 |
| Guadalcanal | |
245 |
| Florida and Tulagi Islands | |
253 |
| Russell Islands | |
259 |
| New Georgia Island Group | |
263 |
| Treasury Islands | |
269 |
| Bougainville | |
271 |
| Green Islands | |
275 |
| Southwest Pacific Area | |
278 |
| Milne Bay | |
287 |
| Hollandia, Aexishafen, Finschhafen | |
293 |
| Manus and Los Negros | |
297 |
| Biak, Morotai, Halmahera | |
309 |
| Tarawa | |
315 |
| Central Pacific Area | |
316 |
| Majuro | |
319 |
| Kwajalein | |
323 |
| Eniwetok | |
327 |
| Palau | |
329 |
| Ulithi | |
333 |
| The Marianas, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Japanese Home Islands | |
338 |
| Philippine Islands | |
376 |
| Samar and Leyte | |
379 |
| Manila Area | |
391 |
| Okinawa Jima | |
398 |