Seabees news release about new communications networks

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Title

Seabees news release about new communications networks

Description

Original title: "Navy Seabees Aid in Building Massive Vietnam Communications Network." Seabees news release 201-67 (66), which included a photograph of dish antennas at Chu Lai, Vietnam. The release is about the Seabees building a communication network.

Date

1967

Subject

United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Construction projects; Telecommunication systems

Location

Chu Lai, South Vietnam

Coordinates

15.4123; 108.7045

Container

B65, F12

Format

press releases

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

United States. Navy. Seabees

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Copyright Information

These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.

Publisher

Archives & Special Collections

Language

English

extracted text

UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BA TT ALIONS

SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS - WE BUILD, WE FIGHT "

"CAN DO!"

Uo • S • . NA VAL MOB ILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION EIGHT
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif, 96601
Release No. 201-67

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(66)

NAVY SEABEES AID IN BUILDING MASSIVE VIETNAM COMMUNICATIONS NETWRK
Navy Seabees of U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion EIGHT have
recently completed construction of a relay station which will form one
.of 52 links in a massive communications system covering the Republic of
Vietnam and neighboring Thailand.
Built at Chu Lai, South Vietnam, the newest complex consists of a generator
building, dieh antennas, an electronic equipment building, a warehouse and a well.
It will link up with the DaNang relay station, 52 miles to the north.
The project was a joint effort by MCB-EIGHT and Page Electronics. The
former handled the heavy construction while the latter performed the necessary
electrical and mechanical work.
Briefly, the network utilizes a system of tropo sc~ttered waves and
microwave links on a line of sight basis enabling participants to communicate
clearly and concisely over thousands of square miles. It is expected to vastly
improve present communications, according to Sergeant Ron Nagi, USA, Quality
Control Inspector for the facility.
Page Communications of Washington D. C., under the supervision of U. S .
Army Strategic Communication Command of Southeast Asia, is the contractor
for the entire project.
Known as the Integrated Wideband Oommunciation System (IWCS), the
network is scheduled for completion within two years. It will provide an
instant hook-up between commanders in the field and their superiors at
key centers of military operations .
1967 marks the 25th ann~versary of the U. S. Navy Seabees; the 100th
of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps whose officers lead the Seabees in action;
and the 12 5th of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (formerly Bureau of
Yards and Docks).
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DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would appreciate
a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLie AFFAIRS OFFICE 09Dl

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY • NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND • WASHINGTON , D. C. 20390

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Release No. 201-67 {66)
COMMUNICATIONS LINK -- The most pr01ninent features of the Seabeebuilt relay station at Chu Lai, South Vietnam are these two dish
antennas.

They will serve to provide a communications tie with

another similar station at DaNang, 52 miles to the northo

Dear Editors

We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would

appreciate a tear sheet mailed toa

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1,

US NAVY SBABEBS, Yards and Docks Annex 2B35, Washington, Do C~
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