-
derivative filename/jpeg
-
363-03868 to 363-03870.pdf
-
Digital Object Identifier
-
363-03868 to 363-03870
-
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.
-
AI Usage Disclosure
-
Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
-
Transcript
-
--------------------
- Page 1
--------------------
UNITED
S
CORPS
S NAVY
CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS
100th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 2, 1967
UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS
SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS WE BUILD, WE FIGHT"
"CAN DO!''
JOIN THE SEABEES
-
SERVE THE WORLD
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
U.S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION EIGHT
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, Calif. 96601
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No. 201-67 (66)
NAVY SEABEES AID IN BUILDING MASSIVE VIETNAM COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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, dish antennas, an electronic equipment building, a warehouse and a well.
It will link up with the Da Nang 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 scattered 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 Communciation 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 anniversary of the U. S. Navy Seabees; the 100th
of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps whose officers lead the Seabees in action;
and the 125th of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (formerly Bureau of
Yards and Docks).
DEAR EDITOR:
-30-
We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would appreciate
a tear sheet mailed to:)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
09D1
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
•
NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390
•
--------------------
- Page 2
--------------------
No Text
--------------------
- Page 3
--------------------
Release No. 201-67 (66)
COMMUNICATIONS LINK The most prominent features of the Seabee-
built 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 north.
Dear Editor: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would
appreciate a tear sheet mailed to: PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1,
US NAVY SEABEES, Yards and Docks Annex 2B35, Washington, D. c.
20390.
-
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
