Meaning of Seabee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc.
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2. A member of this force.

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Examples

“The Navy is establishing a new Construction Battalion, or Seabee, unit in Charleston, S. C., Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, said today.”

“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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