Army · SSN history

823 Coxswain, Harbor Craft

Army SSN 823, Coxswain, Harbor Craft, was listed as deleted, with SSNs 118 and 713 suggested as substitutes. These were suggested alternatives, not a documented automatic conversion or merger into both specialties.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 118 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 713 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Coxswain, Harbor Craft

The deletion date is not stated. June 30, 1945 is the publication date of Change 2, which contains the deletion table, not an established effective date for the deletion.

Source extraction notes

Appendix I lists deleted SSN 823 with suggested substitutes 118, 713. Appendix I does not print titles. The title is documented elsewhere in TM 12-427: Base manual, alphabetical index, printed page 137; cached full text line 11642. The row-level deletion date is unstated. The citation dates Change 2 to 30 June 1945; that publication date is not an effective deletion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 3.

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