Gulfport Naval Construction Battalion Center, Mississippi

1,100-acre Navy industrial complex located on the coast of Mississippi in Gulfport. Home of the Atlantic Fleet's Seabees, which is the Navy's construction battalion, known for building roads and buildings in wartime, and engaging in emergency repairs following civil disasters, such as hurricanes. The complex is located a mile inland, with additional shoreline facilities at the Port of Gulfport, a mile-long, U-shaped artificial port projecting off the coast from downtown.