Seabee
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Spelling of the initials CB, for construction battalion, with the spelling probably influenced by the words sea (patrolled by the Navy) and bee (a symbol of industriousness).
Noun
[edit]Seabee (plural Seabees)
- (US military) A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc.
- 1971 January 20, “Seabee Unit in Charleston”, in The New York Times[1], page 15:
- The Navy is establishing a new Construction Battalion, or Seabee, unit in Charleston, S. C., Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, said today.
- A member of this force.
- 1945 August 26, “Seabee Battalion Returns”, in The New York Times[2], page 4:
- The Sixty-third Naval Construction Battalion, 15 per cent of which is composed of World War I veterans, arrived here today. The group, which includes 741 Seabees, will be processed for thirty-day leaves before reassignment, the Navy announced.
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