Courthouse Bay

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Courthouse Bay
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Marine Corps Engineer School insignia
Site information
TypeMilitary base
Controlled byUnited States Marine Corps
Site history
Built1941
In use1941–Present
Garrison information
GarrisonMarine Corps Engineer School
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion

Courthouse Bay is a subdivision of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and is home to the Marine Corps Engineer School, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, and the 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. Located near Camp Lejeune's southwestern Sneads Ferry gate, the sub-camp is largely self-sufficient, in that it has its own chow hall, post exchange, MWR recreation facilities, and water supply.[2][3]

The complex was originally used during World War II, however, as a Barrage Balloon School (a history "memorialized" in the continued use of the letters "BB" preceding the numerical designation of buildings here). Because it was far from the main area at Hadnot Point, Courthouse Bay was built as a semi-independent village with its own water supply, recreation facilities, mess hall, barracks, and officers' quarters.

References

  1. ^ "Courthouse Bay". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  2. ^ "Courthouse Bay".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2010-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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