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Unit/Organization Information
  • Navy Expeditionary Combat Cmd.
  • Navy Construction Group 2
  • Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74
Location
Coin Location: 18R4
Homebase: Gulfport, Mississippi
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C005755

Location: 18R4

Coin: Unit

U.S. Navy » Engineer - Seabees

Narrative

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

NMCB-74 has been selected "Best of Type" among the Atlantic Fleet battalions nine times during its history. It was awarded this honor under CDR Gordon W. Schley for fiscal year 1968, CDR James E. Bodamer in 1973, CDR Daniel B. Leonard in 1976, CDR Arthur W. Fort in 1978, CDR B. Daniel Neal in 1993, CDR Ronald W. Hertwig Jr. in 1994, CDR William M. Peacock III in 1999, CDR Francis P. Castaldo in 2000 and CDR Clifford M Maurer in 2003. The battalion also received the Society of American Military EngineersÂ’ Peltier Award, honoring the best active duty battalion, in 1978, 1994, 1999, and 2003. In 2003 the Battalion was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation.

NMCB-74 was decommissioned on 25 July 2014.