Marine Corps · SSN history

193 Salvage Inspector

The June 1945 manual identifies Salvage Inspector as the earlier title for SSN 193 and suggests SSNs 194 or 728 as alternatives. Choosing either required reviewing the individual's qualifications against the job specifications, rather than an automatic conversion.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 194 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.
  • 728 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Salvage Inspector

June 1945 is the manual's publication date; no effective date for a change to SSN 193 is given.

  • Salvage Inspector appears under AR 615-26, September 1942 and supplements; no June 1945 Present Title is listed.
  • The suggested alternatives do not establish a fixed successor or an automatic split into two specialties.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Salvage Inspector. Suggested conversions/remarks: 194, 728. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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