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Kuwait (Apr 4, 2003). It was the first time the ELCAS/M (length 1,400-feet) was assembled in a combat operation. conduct Logistics over the shore exercises. ACB 2 has its beginnings in World War II. It started out as the 105th Naval Construction Battalion. She was commissioned 24 July 1943 at
Camp Peary. From there she was sent to Camp Parks, in California, and then to Advance Base Depot
Port Hueneme. While there the battalion became part of movie history by providing the men and equipment for staging portions of the filming of
The Fighting Seabees. At Port Hueneme the 105th boarded the
United States Army Transport Sea Devil bound for
New Guinea via
Townsville, Australia. The battalion also assisted the Army with the construction of
Turnbull Field on Stringer bay. The battalion also had several detachments. One went to Hilimoi Bay to help the 91st CB build a hospital for shipment to a forward site. Another 150 men built a second sawmill to augment the one being run by the 84th CB 12 November saw the rear echelon arrive at
San Pedro Bay, Leyte, from Milne Bay. The 105th Naval Construction Battalion was recommissioned 22 January 1947 at Little Creek, Virginia, and was placed under the operational control of Commander, Amphibious Training Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. At this time, the battalion "absorbed the duties and materials of the old Pontoon Training Unit of COMPHIBTRALANT". When
Naval Beach Group Two was established in 1948, the 105th NCB became a component of that command. In October 1949, the 1st NCB was recommissioned at Little Creek also. The Navy changed CB designations that year and they both became Mobile Construction Battalions MCBs. This lasted less than a year for the 105th because the battalion was re-designated Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 (PHIBCB 2) in 1950. By the time the Korean War broke out the Naval Construction force had been reduced to 2,800 men, MCB 1, ACB 1, and ACB 2. That quickly changed by December as the force was rapidly expanded. From 1972 to 1975, ACB 2 was a component of Naval Inshore Warfare Command following the decommissioning of Naval Beach Group 2. However, ACB 2 once again became a component of Naval Beach Group 2 when it was recommissioned in 1975. Since World War II, ACB 2 has distinguished itself in multiple operations including: • "
Passage to Freedom" Task Force 90 The 1954 Geneva agreement recognizing the Communist government of North Vietnam allowed for people residing in the North to move south before 15 May 1955. Both ACBs were assigned to TF-90. •
Operation Blue Bat –
1958 Lebanon crisis •
Multinational Force in Lebanon August 1982 to February 1984 •
Operation Urgent Fury October 1983 Grenada •
Operation Sharp Edge in Liberia in 1991 •
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990–1991 •
Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti in 1994 •
TWA Flight 800 and
EgyptAir Flight 990 disaster recovery efforts •
Joint Task Force Katrina 2005 •
Operation Iraqi Freedom •
Operation Unified Response 2010 Haiti earthquake. ==Tektite I==