Naval Construction Battalion Center (NCBC) Port Hueneme is the home of the Navy’s Seabees — the Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCB) that have built naval facilities in war zones and peacetime construction projects since World War II. Located in Ventura County, California, NCBC Port Hueneme houses the Naval Construction Force’s primary training, staging, and administrative complex on the West Coast, along with the Navy’s Civil Engineering Laboratory (CEL) — the research and development arm of the Navy’s shore facilities and construction program. The installation’s long history in construction and materials research means that Port Hueneme appears in the asbestos litigation record not only as a workplace but as an institutional source of Navy guidance on asbestos-containing construction materials.

Publicly filed asbestos litigation records document asbestos at NCBC Port Hueneme with unusual specificity — including a formal 1979 asbestos survey, Navy prohibition documentation originating from the installation, and personal service testimony from veterans assigned there.

Who Was Exposed at NCBC Port Hueneme

Navy veterans who served at NCBC Port Hueneme in the following capacities may have asbestos exposure claims:

  • Seabee battalion members (CM, SW, BU, UT, CE ratings) staging through or assigned to the base
  • Civil Engineering Laboratory personnel working with construction materials and analytical programs
  • Base maintenance and utilities workers in the installation’s infrastructure spaces
  • Shore-based construction workers handling asbestos-containing materials in NCBC warehouses

NCBC Port Hueneme veterans with mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, or pleural disease qualify for VA presumptive service connection under 38 CFR § 3.309(d). The 1979 formal asbestos survey, Navy asbestos prohibition documentation, and personal service testimony — all tied specifically to Port Hueneme — establish the exposure record for claims tied to service at this installation.

Key documents for an NCBC Port Hueneme claim:

  • DD-214 — service record documenting Port Hueneme or NCBC assignment
  • Battalion records — NMCB deployment records showing Port Hueneme staging
  • Diagnosis — mesothelioma, asbestos-related lung cancer, asbestosis, or pleural disease

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Exposure documentation derived from publicly filed asbestos litigation records including the 1979 Port Hueneme asbestos survey, Navy asbestos prohibition documents, Civil Engineering Laboratory records, and personal service testimony from NCBC Port Hueneme veterans. This does not constitute legal or medical advice.