Seabees Memorial

Seabees Memorial

NPS / Claire Hassler

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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible

Seabees were responsible for constructing bases, bulldozing and paving thousands of miles of roadway, and building airstrips to support the military in times of war and peace since World War II. Sculptor Felix de Weldon was a Seabee during World War II.

Inscriptions
Front
WITH COMPASSION FOR OTHERS
WE BUILD - WE FIGHT
FOR PEACE WITH FREEDOM
Statue base
Felix de Weldon SC. 1973
Wall, behind statue
SEABEES - CAN DO
WITH WILLING HEARTS AND SKILLFUL HANDS. THE DIFFICULT WE DO AT ONCE. THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A BIT LONGER.
CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS UNITED STATES NAVY. 1867
Left column
IN MEMORIAL
DEDICATED TO
THE MEN OF THE UNITED STATES
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS
THE SEABEES
BORN IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WORLD WAR II
WHEN TH ENATION WAS IN DIRE PERIL
THEIR MISSION WAS TO BUILD BASES FOR THE COMBAT FORCES, TO DEFEND THOSE BASES AND TO PROVIDE OTHE RSUPPORT OF WHATEVER KING REQUIRED.
ORGANIZED AND COMMANDED BY OFFICERS
OF THE CIVIL ENGINNER CORPS OF THE NAVY, RECRUITED LARGELY FROM THE
BUILDING TRADES OF ORGANIZED LABOR.
BUTTRESSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
THE SEABEES QUICKLY PROVED
THEIR TOTAL COMPETENCE.
HIGH MORALE, EXPERT SKILLS, VERSATILE INGENUITY, STRONG DEVOTION TO DUTY AND DEEP SYMPATHY FOR THE NEEDY ARE THE HALLMARKS OF THEIR RECORD.
THEIR MOTTO "CAN DO" SYMBOLIZES THEIR TRADITION AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
GENERATIONS OF SEABEES HAVE ADDED TO THE LAURELS OF THEIR FORBEARS.
IN WAR AND IN PEACE THEY HAVE MAINTAINED
THEIR HIGH REPUTE AS BUILDERS
FIGHTERS AND HUMANITARIANS.
SEABEE DEPLOYMENT SITES
ADMIRLATY ISLANDS, ALASKA, ALEUTIAN, ALGERIA, ANTARTICA, ASCENSON ISLAND, AUSTRALIA, AZORES ISLANDS, BELGIUM, BERMUDA, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAHGO, BOLIVIA, BONIN ISLAND, BRITICH GUIANA, CANADA, CANAL ZONE, CAROLINE ISLANDS, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHILE, CHINA, COLUMBIA, COSTA RICA, DIEGO GARCIA, EASY INDIES, ECUADOR, ELLICE ISLANDS, EL SALVADOR, ETHIOPIA, FIJI ISLANDS, FRANCE, GERMANY, GILBERT ISLANDS, GREAT BRITAIN, GREECE, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, HONDURAS
Right column
ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE,
WHOSE ARM HATH BOUND THE RESTLESS WAVE.
WHO BIDDEST TH EMIGHTY OCEAN DEEP
ITS OWN APPOINTED LIMITS KEEP
OH, HEAR US WHEN WE CRY TO THEE
FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA.
LORD, STAND BESIDE THE MEN WHO BUILD
AND GIVE THEM COURAGE, STRENGTH AND SKILL
O GRANT THEM PEACE OF HEART AND MIND
AND COMFORT LOVED ONES LEFT BEHIND
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYES FOR ALL SEABEES
WHERE ERE THEY BE ON LAND OR SEA.
SEABEE DEPLOYMENT SITES
ICELAND, IRELAND, ITALY, IWO JIMA, JAPAN, KOREA, LEBANON, LIBERIA, LINE ISLANDS, MARIANAS ISLANDS, MIDWAY ISLANDS, MOROCCO, NEW CALDONIA, NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, OKINAWA, PANAMA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PHOENIX ISLANDS, SAMOA ISLANDS, SIERRA LEONE, SOCIETY ISLANDS, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SPAIN, SURINAM, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TONGA ISLANDS, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UPPER VOLTA, VIETNAM, WAKE ISLANDS, WEST INDIES