Seabee Lou
This site tells the story of a young man who at 19 years of age enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December of 1942. Lou Rodriguez was born in Humboldt County on California’s north coast. He was raised in San Francisco and graduated from Lowell High School. Lou lived to be 91 years old, and was married for 63 years.
Some years ago he wrote about his experiences in the Seabees and that is where these stories comes from.
PART IV SEABEE/CEC SERVICE
Enlisted – December 4, 1942
Active Duty – January 13, 1943
89TH NCB
Boot Camp. Camp Allen Norfolk, Virginia
Advanced training Camp Perry Richmond, Virginia
Camp Parks, California April 1943
89th NCB split into the 510 the 511 and the rest were deposed to the Marines
I was put into the 510
CBMU510
Shipped out from Hueneme – May 1943
CBMU DETACHMENT 1 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
510 split into 3 detachments. I was in detachment that served at:
DUTCH HARBOR
COLD BAY
ADAK
THE GREAT SITKIN
ANDREWS LAGOON
Shipped back to states in October 1944
CAMP PARKS
Put into CBRD and shipped out from Treasure Island
GUAM
Arrived on Guam December 1944 and put into CCBD 1059
In March 1944 joined the NCB 144
This is a great blog. If you need any other information about Camp Parks or Camp Shoemaker (the navy receiving facility next to Camp Parks), send me an email.