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Unit/Organization Information
  • Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C005734

Location: 18R15

Coin: CSM / SGM / 1Sgt

Reserve » U.S. Navy » Engineer - Seabees

Narrative

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

NMCB 15 is nicknamed "Bat Out of Hell," after an unidentified Marine commander in the Pacific noted the battalion's hard work by observing that the Seabees were "going like a bat out of hell." The name was officially adopted as the battalion's logo.

NMCB-15 was de-commisshioned in the spring of 2014.