Lance Corporal Nicholas H. Anderson

Training Ship (T.S.) Nicholas H. Anderson was commissioned on January 23, 2010 at CBC Port Hueneme. Originally members of Ben Moreell Battalion, the unit's Navy League Cadets and the adult staff tasked with conducting their program were transferred into the newly created Navy League Cadet Corps unit. T.S. Nicholas H. Anderson drills concurrently with Ben Moreell Battalion, which currently occupies spaces on the entire second floor of Building 104, adjacent to the Naval Construction Training Center.

The Training Ship is proudly named after Lance Corporal (LCPL) Nicholas H. Anderson, United States Marine Corps. LCPL Anderson died in a vehicle incident while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. He died on November 12, 2004. Prior to his enlistment in the USMC, LCPL Anderson was a member of the Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

During Ben Moreell Battalion's 54 years of active service, hundreds of cadets have learned about naval life, and developed a sense of pride, patriotism, courage, and self-reliance, all within an environment free of drugs and gangs.