Marine Corps · SSN history

231 Switchboard Installer, Telephone and Telegraph, Dial

Appendix B lists SSN 231 as “Switchboard Installer, Telephone and Telegraph, Dial” under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, with SSN 097 suggested as a possible replacement. This was not an automatic conversion: the individual's Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Switchboard Installer, Telephone and Telegraph, Dial

June 1945 is the manual's publication date; the entry gives no effective date for a change to SSN 231.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, so the earlier title is not confirmed as a current specialty in that manual.
  • The entry does not establish a definite cancellation or fixed successor.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Switchboard Installer, Telephone and Telegraph, Dial. Suggested conversions/remarks: 097. 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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