what was a special construction battalion wwii?
Likes Received: 1,655. Location: Pennsylvania. You are correct about the Special Battalions being stevedores. The first departure from the standard battalion was the special construction battalion, or as it was commonly known, the Seabee Special. These special battalions were composed of stevedores and longshoremen who were badly needed to break a bottleneck in the unloading of ships in combat zones.