“Construimus, Batuimus” “We Build, We Fight”

84th Naval Construction Battalion

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84th O.B.·

NOTC - Davisville ABD - Hueneme .Raa.dTDate :Left .dO

- 9 Mayt43 - 1 Junt 43

Location - G••a~aa PalawBD

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84th OJ to move to Hueneme 15 Ma7'43. (TWX 121016-5-43 to Parka)

Departed trom ABD to OomSoWesPac 1 Jun_,...'

Arrived Brisbane 19 Jun. (BHD) If 1 Jun l 43 report ot 84th OB ... departed Hueneme 31 Mq'43 for destination. 'rom Sec. report dtd 12 Jult 43 Oom 7th Fleet to Budoaka. 00. "AII enroute Milne Ba;r. Iev Guinea 00. dB" - Brisbane 00. lie" enroute Milne :Ba7. New Guinea Oo."DIL - Brisbane 84th OB arrived at Brisbane 19 Jun t 43. 1 Jul l 43 rsport of 84th OB - Oo's A. & 0 a.t Milne Bq 30 Jun143; Oo's 13 & D at Brisbane. 1 Aug'43 report ot '84th OB - 9 ott. and 498 men at Brisbane; 19 ott. and 580 men at Milne. A detachment ot 1 off. and 11 men from Milne :Bay group on P.B.Y. base Samara! Is. 1 Sepl4.'3 report of 84th O:S - Distribution of 84th; 43'1 men at Brhbane, 44 men at Darwin. 558 men at Milne llP...y_1 Oct t 43 report of 84th CB _ 197 men at Brisbane, 44 at Darwin. 797 at Milne Bay.

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84th O.B.

12-29-43 - Distribution of 84th OB from Secret NB166/Al-l-n455 (00m7flt to Budocks dtd

Nov' 43) Hdqtro ~t Brisbane; Co. A at Milne Bay; Do. B at Brisbane. 40 men at

Port Darwin. 00. 0 &D at Milne B~.

2-22-44 - 1 Jan '44 report of 84th CB - 33 off. 8lld 789 men at Milne Bay. 4 off. and 182 men at Brisbane, 1 off• .find 49 men at Darw,fn. D Co., which was asdsting the 91st CB in Milne Bay area, ordered back to 84th CB.

3-13-44 - 1 Feb'46 report of 84th OB _ 23 off. and 782 men at Milne B~J 4 off. and 130

men at Brisbane, 1 off. and lOa men at Darwin.

6- 2-44.. 1 Apr' 44 report of 84th CB - On 24 Ma.rl44 715 men and 20 0 ff •embarked from Milne Bay for Brisbane for leave and rehabilitation. 116 men and 5 oft. remained at Gamadod to ship equipment.

6-19-44 - 1 May'44 report ot 84th CB - Located at Brisbane having completed a weeks leave. 00. B is opere.ting at Thursdq Is. and iB expected to complete work 15 Jun'44 and return to Brisbane. On 22 Apr'44, 1 't.f'f'. and 9P men moved to Sidnq to undertake repairs to a !lav;y ship.

6-28-44 - 84th OB is located at Brisbane; part of Co. B is at Darwin, reminder at ThursdBT Is. as ot 31 May'44. (Oomeervfor7flt Sec. Itr A-9 over Sara BP-OOl407 to Dirpaedocks dtd B JunIM)

7- 6-44.. 1 Jun' 44 report of 84th CB - Locat6d at Brisbane. 00. B detachment at Darwin completed the work: there and joined 84th c:a 'at Brisbs,ne on 15 XBT I 44. Part of 00. B still a.t Thursd.iaT Is.

8-11-44 - 1 JUlI44 report of 84th OB - 00. B, eonsiting of 1 off. and 126 men, are at

ThursdaJ' Is. - ship 1s requested to move them to BriBbme 25 Jun l 44. The maiD

part of' the bat t i 8 operat ing at Brisbane and Sidney.

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8-29-44 _ B4th 013 report dtd, 1 Aug'44 _ The OinO of' the Det., at Thursd/!l' Is. reported to

the 84th OB at Brisbane" Jul t 44. '

9-30-44 - 1 Jul'44 report of 19th Beg'. - 84th 0:8 departed on forward movement on 16 Aug'44 according to the 2Dd end. by Comsserf'orflflt. 19th Reg. assisted 84th CB in connection with projects at Brisbane, S,.a.ney. and Thursday Is. .

10-24-44 _ The R4th OB during the early part of Aug l44 the oojority of this batt was staging in Brisbane with a detachment at Townsville. • The B4th as depBrted from :Brisbane on 16 Aug'44 for the Schouten Is. to stage for a forward movement. The batt was temporarily detached from the 19th. Reg i and assigned " temporary duty with llABU 3 for this forward movement on 2,2 Aug 44.(O~mserfor7f~t monthly report for .au,'44 to :Bua.ocks Ser. BP001B15 .. Secret _dtd 12. Sep 44):

10-30-44 __ 84th CB is'located a.t ENED.(OomserfQr7flt,S~e. disp. 130349 NCR 12037 ,to ONO dtd 25 Oct'44).

11-8-44 - 84th ~B staging on Auki la •• Scheuten I". aurinp, th~ p~rly part of Sep'44. The batt arrivpd at MQrotai Is. on 27 Sept44. Has peen r.ssi?)led temporary duty with C!fB Morat!a. N.il.I. (Comserfor7flt 3ec. ltr A9-4 over Ser BP-001S8a to Budocks dtd 12 Oot'44 monthly report for Sep'44) .

11-29-4.4 _ B4th 013 is located at Morota1. (Oomserv7flt See. Disp. to OHO 150133 NCR 18921 dtd 24 !lov'44)

12-18-444 1 Sepl44 report of 84th CB _ Lef't Brisbane for forward movement on 16 Aug'44. 12-18-44 _ 1 Oot'44 .eport of 84th OB _ Batt arrived at Biak 30 Augt44 - Personnel were

transferred from troop transport to shore on 6 Sepl44. Boarded LST~B I~;~d 20 Sep'44 and saUed from B1ak with convoy on 23 Sep 144. LSi ded a on 2:l Sept 44.

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12-28-44 - The 84th as assigned to Dlm Morotai and attached to the 3rd Erigade.(Comserfor7flt Sec. report for Oct t 44 dtd 20 Nov'44).

1.-13-45 - 84th CB located at Morotai - not attached to a Regiment but in the 3rd Brigade. (C.)nlserfor7flt Sec rAport for Nov'44 dtd 15 Dec l 44)

1-17-45 - 1 Nov'44 report of the 84th DB - JOC8t~ ~t ,Moreta1. Batt ~s enroute to its advancedb~se from 15 Aug to 27 Sept44. Ene~ air attacks throughout the month.

1-30-45 _ 1 Dec l 44 report of the 84th CB - :satt has been alerted for BUll movement to the Philippine Is. Report endorsed by CNAB #3.

2-13-45 - ·?;h.~84th CB 1s available for aSgignmont to Samar. (OliO Sec. ltr to distribution list Ser, 0039230 dtd 3 Feb '45).

2-14-45 - The 84th CB U located at Morotai. The batt will he-vII) for Leyte in Jan '45. (Comaer for7flt Sec. report for Dec t 44 dtd 15 Jan'45).

3-,8-45 - .According to Dirpacdocks San. Fran 15 Feb'45 repor' the 84th DB 1s located a.t Leyte• . 3-20-45 - ,,1 Jan'45 report at the 84th OB - located at Morot.ai a8 at 1 Jal.

4-6-45 -,1 Feb'46 report ot the 84t.h OB - Rept endorsd b,. Sec.Base MoraW, 4-10-45- !he 84th OB is located at Puerto Princesa with Acorn 47 and 52. (OolD7flt Sec. disp to

Cominch 250756 Mar I 45). 4-21-45 - The 84th OB began loading approx 25 Feb. for mOvement to NABIJ 9 (V-3 operation).

(Oomsertor7flt See Report for Feb'45) 4-23-45 - The 84th CB report~ to NABU *9 on 14 Mar'45 for dnty. (NAB Unit f9 - 3rd end of

CONSB 936 ordersP16 Ser 0012 dtd 28 Feb'45 to OinC 84th OB) 4-30-45 - The 84th CB arri~d Palawan on 13 ~t4~. (00Dlsertor7flt. Sed Rep of. 1 Apr l 45)- .\.

, 5-4-46 - 1 ••• I'eport of 84th a:B - Waa 1'811...,. 'b7 cam I56S OIl U J'e'b'48 " _barke4 tn. 1Io"oW- for torwara area oa 28 :r•..,'45.

5- 8-45 - The84th CD is located at Palawan. (Dlrpacdocks S.F. Spc Rep of 15 Apr'45)

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5-aa-4I - 1 .,.,45 report of the 84th 01 - located at PalawaD.1.ieport routed ria 3N Brig. . 6-13-45 - 1 Apr'45 report ot the 84th OJ - located at PalawaD. Arrived at Palawan OD 12 Mar I 45

'" CO~8ted diaeabarkatioa on 15 1I'ar'45. ' 6-28-45 - 1 J1Ul'45 report of the 84th em - located at Palawan. BellOI''' routed via 3r4 Brig. 7-27-45 - The 84th CD is located. at Puerta Princessa. Palawan. constructing Naval :ease fact

Acorn tae. ramp. hardstands, and taxiw83"s. Attached to 3rd Brg. (CCT 7th Flt Sec . Rep for June)

8-14-45 - 1 Aug l 46 r~ort of the 84th OD - location not stated. 51 men have been retd to States for overage discharge to date. 10 men completed temp duty at Manila 8lld . resumed their r$larly assi.gned duties on 7 Jul,.. .Report via 51st Reg and 3rd ¥g.

8-18-45 - 1 Aug'45 report of' the 3rd Brig states that the 84th OB haa been assigned the construcUon tad11ties on Puert.o Princesa, Palawan and is attacbed to the 51st :ReI 8: 3rd Brig. )

8-30-45- 84th CB at Palawm - propose to inactivate. (D1rpe.cdocks, P. sec report of

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9-13-45 - 51st iieg established. 6.Jllly I 45. Includes following 0] units:-54. iN. 113. 118 CBl3, CBl'-iUs 545. 565, 609. Under 3rd Brig. (CCT, Ph11SeaFron conf sl'dltr sp,r 03a4 dtd 5 Sept'45 to Oominch & others).

9-25-45 - 1 Sept 145 report of 84th CB. IJocated At PEtlawan. Report via 51st Reg. c;~ 3rd Brig. 22 men transferred to U.S. from excess ratings. 20 me~ retw'ned to U.S. for over-age d1scM.rgea.

9-;':'/-45 - 1 ~ept t 45 report of 84th CB to &. inclucUng 10 Sopt' 45. lTO infc) as to 10 cetion.

:::i.sport vie. 51st aeg. &: 3rd Brig.

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84th OOllstruction Battalion (IlfACTIVATED)

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7th Construction Regiment

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10-24-45 - 84th C:B was inactivated on 10 Sept'45. (ComPhi1SeeFron restr spd1tr eer 1962 dtc 7 Oct '45 to Oomservpac). .I

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84th NAVAL C~S'm.UCTION BAftALION

The 84th Naval Construction Battalion vaa formed at the Naval

Construction Training Center, Davisville, Rhode Island on January 11,

1943. The new Seabees were under the charge of the Senior Medical

Officer until their Commissioning on February 10, when Lt. Cdr.

Chester H. Sc~epferman, eEC USr-;R, assumed colllWld. 'ftJeir seniority

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r at Camp Erldicott was .~iven official recognition when they were 8el

ected to lead the review for Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox on April

4, when Camp Endicott was formally dedicated.

Departing Davisville April 21, 1943 they proceeded via Camp Parks,

California, then Camp Rousseau at Hueneme, California, to their over

seas missions. The battalion, numbering 28 officers, 33 chiefs and

1023 enlisted men, embarked }olay 31 on the S. S. YOUDg .-\merica without

escort or convoy for Australia. The ship reached Brisbane June 18, and

the newly arrived battalion moved into Camp Seabee.

within days.. howeval'..... .-.paration was ordered that kept the

battalion divided for nearly a year. CoIIpaai" 8 and D, under Lt.

Lee ~'9'Uson, eKe V(5j, as officer in charge, reuiI1ed at. Brisbane (with

a further diversion to Darwin for an officer and 44 men). Companies A

and C and the main part of Headquarters Company ""arked June JO for

Milne Bay.. l-:ew Guinea. Company "D" rejoined the Battalion at Milne

llay on September 12, but Company B remained in Australia tor the dur

adon of the main body's stay in New Guinea. lbe group in AUstralia

completed. the construction of Camp S...bee and co.aenced wrk on a U. S.

Naval Mine Depot at Mt. Coot-Tha; a Merchant Marine Anti-Aircraft Station

at Wellin~ton Point; 4 Naval supply ~larehouse, barracks and Mess hall

at the Perry Park Project, and Mobile Hospital No. 9 in Brisbane.

Meanwhile, the main body of 20 officers and 5S9 men under Lt.

Cdr. Schrepfel'llWl, arrived at l-filne Bay July 7, 1943 and established

themselves a temporary camp at Gamadodo. They were occupied with un

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loading and buUding a pe1"ll8D.ent cup until July 24, and the crew Calle ".JII ........0'

ashore July 25. It was not until September 1 that their permanent camp

vas fully complete4.

Howeyer this did not deter tb_ fro. their main mission of const

ruction. A detachment of eleyen men UDder Lt. C. D. Miller was sent to

Samara! Island. 35 miles do,-'Il-bpt,y to 1:Iu1ld a ....u PDt base. me Sea-

bees at Milne Bay were assigned to construction ot a NaTal Supply Depot

vi th a 40 by .500 foot wharf, two cold storage warehouses, four frame

warehouses. twenty five 40 by 100 foot huts and a 20 by 48 adJa1nistration

building, a camp tor depot personnel and four 20 by SO foot aanunition

magazines. In addition the battalion vas charged with constructing a

200 bed hospital with 3,000 man recuperation center at Hilimoi Mission.

Initially they vere delayed by torrential raiDs and the necessity

of completing their own cap. wben possible. the JHID worked on a 6-day,

nine-hour shift schedule. They were fUrther hampered. itl 'their main job

by being called on to supply personnel and equipment for stevedoring

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operations. In spite of··th.fi!r,....... co-.nder reported reasonable pro- I !

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I. greBs in September on conatructioD of the supply depot as well as COlI- I

pletion of appro.x.illa.tely 20 miles of two-way traftic roads, with 20 teet

between shoulders. Three warehouses were completed, one barracks was

near completion and 200 acres of dense jungle cleared and drained fo r

storage of supply depot materials. .Also the PDt Base at Samara! was

completed.

Company D, hav1.D« rejoined tile _in body on Septemher 12, 1943,

were Rent to Ladava Mission to establish a campsite tat Naval Base

Headquarters, for which they constructed. a ISO man barracks, improved

some roads and altered some native huts. 'lbey departed. to Hllimoi

Mission on October 24 to work on the hospital project there.

After being relieved. of all s1':evedorin~ operations in NovemberJ

the main ~oup at MilDe Bay were able to ccaplete a vital water pipeline

and 3tora~e tanks totaling 15,000 gallon capacity as well as the Naval

Base projects. The base, expaDded to !nclud.. a ata.gina area an

extended roW' of the wharf to 864 teet., and aD Advance Base Construction

Depot, was started. officJ..ally OIl Dec-.r 1, 1943 and coapleted by'

daily average of 800 men on March 24, 1944. Also on December:l, Company

D vas relieved of the hospital construction ass1gmnent. 111ese mea were

pu't into tile main Base assignment, so that by Jauv.ary all e1eaeats ot 'the

Milne lay group of the 84th BattallOll were world.1lI OIl tile Base project

at Ga.mad.odo. At Brisbane, a detac....t ot ~ "Bft cUaaaatled the

Kine Assembly Depot for shiJ.Wmt to Darwin to be rea.ase8lbled, while the

bulk of the cOlllPany wrked on a looo-bed hospital in Brisbane.

With the completion of the Na.". Base at Galladodo, the M11ne Bay

elements of the battalion were ordered to retunl to _stralia. On March

24, 1944, 115 men and 20 officers departed. to Brisbane, arriving March

31. The rear echelon, after loadinl out the equiJlHllt, departed April

11 and arrived in Brisbane April 17. Cdr. Schrepfenun was relieved as

Officer in Charge by Lt. Cdr. Roger F. Neal, eKe V(S) on Hay 22.

tfter rest and rehabilitation, the battalion ~as variously employed

on hosp! tal ccns'tl"UctioD and deployment of deta.chments to small scale

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,projecu on '11m.rada:r Island, Tovn8Tille, SJdneT aDd other points. i

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'l'he next advance employment 01 the 84th Seabe.. COIDIDded with

their embarkat10D Augwst -16 tro. S:ydDe:r, via Tolt11llville where they

picked lIP the detachment there, to Gaaadodo, MilDe Ba7.. New Guinea,

where they staged for shipment to Morotai, Netherlands: last l'Dd.ies.

\tiith the am. aboard the USAT ETangel1De U!d the eqUpII.t'Dt on the U.. S.

s. S.I. Barlow and. four LST. battalion departed. GaMdcx!o SepteUer 23

and arriyed at Morota! September 27, 1944.

At Camad.ocio, they had also alsellbled teD poDtoon sections tor a

431 foot long warf to be constructed at Morotai•. Six 3 by 12 sections

were carried by three 6 by 18 pontoon barge. with the feur1:b 6 by 18

ponto{,D barge carring 125 piles ot 55 to 70 foot length. The tour

loaded barges were towed approx,iJlately 1100 miles and installation was

completed for the Uberty ship dock at Morotal on Octoher 8, 1944.

'lbe battalion, on its arriftl at Moro't4i on September 27, D-day

plus 12,landed without difficulty, with the cooperation of u.s. Amy

perSODDel.

'11leir basic mission was the construction of a !ia.". Base with

administration buildings. Port Director facilities. a visual station

operating base, fourteen storage facilitiel including warehouses and

refrigerated structures, a Landing Craft Gnit Base, a dispenaa.r:Y, two

camps with 154 tents and allied facilities, a Malaria Control unit, a

fire protection unit, a pontoon jettr, a rf4d.io station operating bas.,

an internal cOlllllUllication s,...ta aDd & Radio Direction Finder StatiOD

- all for aD atlvanced base for Contander, Serri.ce Forces, Sevlmth

Fleet.

,-%dditionally, the Island CoDnander designated the 84th Construction

Battalion to be responsible tor lperatJ.Dc ani Jldnta i n1ng the GUa

Peninsula ',iater System, maintaining primary roads Oil the. peninsula,

rebtilding Route .. , erectinc water storage taDk. at the 114eh A:nq

Station Hospi'tal, assistinq ,\nIy engineers on h08pi'tal utilities operation

and construction. and operating a sand coral pit.

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build its ow camp and was iucorporated into 1:IIe defense plans of the t I

GUa Peninsula as a supporting unit in case ot grouad or vater bome

action. By December they had 125 men posted 1:0 peJ'IIU1.tmt perimeter

guard duty in order to enable the bal.a.nce of the battalion No.h to

complete their construction obligations. III addid.on, BneD CUD 9l"ew8

armed with 20 a.m. anti-aircraft wapona and 50 cal. _chine gallS

were &ssi~ed to the anti-aircraft defense .,..u.. CDe of these crews, on October 31, 1944, achieved, the d1aUDcuon of ahcoting dow a

Japanese plane, a teat confirmed by the nearv arar &1Dl CODMOO, wicb

through a can'trOlled. - tire procedure was able to determine the sourie

of the effective hits.

Another significant function of the lSattaliOIl vas operation of a

sawmill. This unit cut 600,000 board feet of lu.ber tor us. in ccapletiDg

the Navy Base and other projects.

'lbe 'Navy Baae was near COIIpletioD and a slgDiflcant proportion of

the other projects were wen aloD& by NaTeabar 20, except for a Navy

Base Hospital which had been added to the origiDa.l plana.

Construction progress vas noteworthy in the COnditiODS of a.l.most

constant comVat and air alerts. '!bey vent on 173 red alerts between

September 27 and l

assistance for successful defense ot the laadiDc beaches and dock "." ...........

inatallations of the Morotai area on" the IIIIDndng of October 31, 1944. It

A letter dated December 17, 1944 troa Capt. Villiam J. Keegan,

Coruanding Officer "rangeo ll , 167th Inta:ntry, United States Army, com

mended the battalion tor "superior work in con8tructin& a. two mile

road in clearing vast areas tor our pel"J.Mter. II

A commendation, dated. December 21, fro. Coanander, Service Force.

~eventh Fleet, cited the crew of the 20 Ill. Ill. anti-aircraft gun for its

feat.

Assistance to the 3Jrd Intantry D1Yision in its landing on Morotai

was ci ted in a letter of appreciation from Maj. Gen. P. \i. Clarkson,

COIII1.'.nding.

By December, the men of the 84th were alerted to the fact that

they nre to continue in the onslaught against the reel.ing torces of

Japan. A& their CODstruction projects were completed in January I they

prepared themselves and their _chines tor IWlTelllent. On P.ebruary 24,

they were relieved of their reain1Dg duties OD Morotal by CBHU 565, '.II' ........v

and departed on February 28, 1945.

The next stop was Puerto Princesa, Palawan, P. I., where the 84th

Construction Battalion landed March 12, 1945. After completing a

penaanent camp and a 2,OOV II8D _a8 hall tor the battalion and for in

colli.ng flight crews, the men turned to their principal. assignments;

construction of two Acorn Units (one for lud planes and one tor seaplanes)

a Naval Headquaners UDit, and a Port Directors UDit. In addition tIIey

cleared 63 acres, graded aDd finished the surface tor taxiway and hard

stands; of an aircorpa base they cperated a coral pit aDd hauled coral;

built Naval i\dvanced Base Unit 9 to 80% coapletion in two weeks; blasted

and moved 19,000 cubic yards of earth for the seaplane ramp and hardstand;

aDd assembled two pontoon piers for UDload1ng Acorn cc.ponent UDits.

To these a.sSi~t8 was added the duty ot operating a large brig.

In April and June their underwater teams reD.')ftd, repaired and replaced

screws from !.SMa.

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By July, L~ Gen.t'.. -4.tlJche1berpr. eo.iaamlq General, 8th

Army, ha.cl cited the Battalion tor OUbtud.JDc perf'oz.DCe ill COJDpletiD&

10,200 feet of taxiway aDd 1,889,!OO sqa&I'e teet of parkin, area at the

Puerto Princesa Airtield. The Aeon Seaplane 'IUdt val near completion

and the NaTal Headquarters entirely COIIP1eted.

But the batta1ion C'.,...nder vu teel.iD& the pincb ot an acute

manpower shortage due to rotatiOD, rehabilitation I._yeS and hospitaliz8'

ation of the men. Notvi:tbst.aDdillC, thia he reported laos completion ot

the Acom Seaplane Due in AuIGae. Orders ianed ill that IIOnth authorized

the battalion to prepare tor diseatabl1ahmeDt. SeTeDty-fiTe men with

less than 18 months service vere transferred to CBMU 546, while the re-I I

~ mainder ot the men completed other 'IIIOrk. On September 10, 1945 the

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Chronology

The 84th Naval Construction Battalion was fonned at the Naval

Construction Training Center, Davisville, Rhode Island

Departed Davisville and they proceeded via Camp Parks,

California, then Camp Rousseau at Hueneme, California, to their

overseas missions.

Co "A" and "c" and main part of Headquarters Co, including 20

officers and 569 men departed Brisbane for Milne Bay.

Co "A", "C", and Headquarters Co arrived Milne Bay.

9 officers and 498 men located at Brisbane.

20 officers and 559 men at Milne Bay.

1 officer and 44 men of Co "B" (Comprising 1 st Echelon Co. "B") departed Brisbane for Darwin.

1st Echelon, Co "B" arrived at Darwin.

8 officers and 437 men at Brisbane.

20 officers and 558 men at Milne Bay.

1 officer and 44 men at Darwin.

Co "D", including 4 officers and 240 men, departed Brisbane for

Milne Bay.

Co "D" arrived Milne Bay.

4 officers and 197 men at Brisbane.

22 officers and 797 men at Milne Bay.

2 officers and 44 men at Darwin.

22 officers and 789 men at Milne Bay.

4 officers and 182 men at Brisbane.

1 officer and 49 men at Darwin

Additional men of Co "B" moved from Brisbane to 1 st Echelon,

Co "B" at Darwin on various dates.

23 officers and 782 men at Milne Bay.

4 officers and 130 men at Brisbane.

1 officer and 1 04 men at Darwin.

Balance of Co "B" at Brisbane, including 2 officers and 127 men,

departed for Thursday Island.

Co "B" arrived Thursday Island.

23 officers and 773 men at Milne Bay.

2 officers and 127 men at Thursday Island.

2 officers and 1 03 men at Darwin.

Main body ofbattalion, including 20 officers and 715 men,

departed Milne Bay for Brisbane.

5 officers and 116 men rami ned at Milne Bay.

Main body arrived Brisbane.

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FO!'l."led. a.t 1IC'rO, Davl svil1e, R. I.

Depru.'tf;:,:J. l~CTOt Dl.wisville, for CB.."qD, Carl3,) Parks, Shoena.~er, Ce~ifornia..

A:-rive1 Cenp Perks

Tra.nsfe!'!'ed. from Ca.-up Pe.rks to AW, Port Hue...'leue, California.•

Arrivei Brisbane, Australia_

Co. "All end Re" :llli main "art of ITdas. Co., including 20 officers eJle. 569 men depe.rted. Brisb;.ne for Milne :Bay.

9 officers .:?ni 498 men loc.?te:i at 3risc?.."!e. 20 office!'s ~.ni 559 );lell ~.t l,~ilne 3:!-.:I.

1 officer e.n1 41~ ::aen of Co. "E" (ConD!'isi!lE.' 1st Echelon, Co. n:B") ~elx.....rtei Eri Sbt;lle for Da.l'Tlin. ....

00. "D", incluJing 4 office!'s c~i 2~

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