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363-03871 to 363-03873.pdf
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-03871 to 363-03873
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Title
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Seabees news release about new oil tanks
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Description
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Original title: "Seabees Build Mammoth Oil Tank." Seabees news release 73-67 (67), which included a photograph of soldier constructing an oil tank at Chu Lai, Vietnam. The release is about the construction of five oil tanks.
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AI Usage Disclosure
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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.
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CIVIL ENGI
UNITED
STATES
CORPS
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
U. S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION SEVENTY ONE
Fleet Post Office
New York, N. Y. 09501
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release No. 73-67(67)
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
SEABEES BUILD MAMMOTH OIL TANKS
Navy Seabees are erecting five huge bolted steel petroleum tanks
at Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
Seabee crews from Naval Mobile Construction Battalions EIGHT and
SEVENTY ONE are working on the project.
Each tank is 400-feet in diameter and is constructed of curved
steel plates, called "staves."
These are bolted into place by hand.
When completed, each tank will store over 20,000 barrels of aviation
jet fuel. The fuel will be used by fighter-bombers of Marine Air Groups 12 and
13, which are stationed on the Seabee-built airstrip at Chu Lai.,
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).
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(DEAR EDITOR: 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
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Release No. 73-67 (67)
OVER THE TOP Navy Seabee stealworkers of Naval Mobile
Construction Battalion SEVENTY ONE tighten the last few
bolts on the top of one of the five aviation jet fuel
storage tanks being built at Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
mast rising out of the center of the circular tank will
support the tank's lid.
The
Dear Editor: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we
would appreciate a tear sheet mailed to: PUBLIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE 0901, US NAVY SEABEES, Yards and Docks Annex 2835,
Washington, D. C. 20390.
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Date
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1967
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Subject
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United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Construction projects; Oil storage tanks
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Location
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Chu Lai, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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15.4123; 108.7045
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Container
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B65, F12
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Format
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press releases
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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United States. Navy. Seabees
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections
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Language
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English
