It's a "King Seabee" statue, given to some admiral or something. (It looks like it was originally supposed to hold a pen.) What's a seabee, you might ask? It's short for Naval Construction Batallion. They were formed in WWII to build naval bases overseas, as it wasn't such a good idea to have civilians doing such work during wartime. Now they do all the construction, repair, and maintenance of Naval facilities here in the US and all over the world. For a complete history of the Seabees, go here.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Seabee
Working at the Naval Historical Foundation, occassionally we come across some interesting objects, like this one:
It's a "King Seabee" statue, given to some admiral or something. (It looks like it was originally supposed to hold a pen.) What's a seabee, you might ask? It's short for Naval Construction Batallion. They were formed in WWII to build naval bases overseas, as it wasn't such a good idea to have civilians doing such work during wartime. Now they do all the construction, repair, and maintenance of Naval facilities here in the US and all over the world. For a complete history of the Seabees, go here.
It's a "King Seabee" statue, given to some admiral or something. (It looks like it was originally supposed to hold a pen.) What's a seabee, you might ask? It's short for Naval Construction Batallion. They were formed in WWII to build naval bases overseas, as it wasn't such a good idea to have civilians doing such work during wartime. Now they do all the construction, repair, and maintenance of Naval facilities here in the US and all over the world. For a complete history of the Seabees, go here.
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That is an interesting object. That bee looks like he's up to no good.
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