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318 Casting Machine Operator

Appendix B identifies SSN 318 as Casting Machine Operator under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, and suggests SSN 168 as a replacement. This was not an automatic conversion: each affected Marine’s Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications before assigning a replacement.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Casting Machine Operator

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. No effective date is given for the suggested change from SSN 318 to SSN 168.

  • No title is listed for SSN 318 in either the June 1944 tentative-title column or the June 1945 Present Title column.
  • The entry does not establish that any particular Marine was reassigned to SSN 168.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Casting Machine Operator. Suggested conversions/remarks: 168. 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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