page_title: Naval Base Ventura County
section_title: Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
hierarchical_section_title: Naval Base Ventura County / History / Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme
caption_attribution_description: English: CBC Port Hueneme Insignia
context_page_description: Naval Base Ventura County is a United States Navy base in Port Hueneme, California. NBVC is a diverse installation comprising three main facilities—Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island—and serving as an all-in-one mobilization site, deep water port, railhead, and airfield. Adjacent to Oxnard, the base was formed in 2000 through the merger of Naval Air Station Point Mugu and Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme. NBVC supports more than 100 tenant commands with a base population of more than 19,000 personnel, making it the largest employer in Ventura County.
context_section_description: The facility at Port Hueneme was built as a temporary depot in the early days of World War II to train, stage, and supply the newly created Seabees (from "C.B.", the initials for "Construction Battalion"). The base was officially established and began operating May 18, 1942 as the Advance Base Depot. In 1945 the Advance Base Depot was renamed the Naval Construction Battalion Center.
  During the Korean War, almost all Navy construction equipment and supplies for the war were routed through CBC Port Hueneme.
caption: CBC Port Hueneme insignia
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