Marine Corps · SSN history

471 Dock Boss

Appendix B identifies SSN 471 as Dock Boss under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements) and suggests SSNs 271 or 711 as possible replacements. These were not automatic conversions: choosing a replacement required reviewing the individual's Qualification Card against the manual's job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Other history records

These source identifiers have archive pages. Their availability does not establish current service use or retirement.

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Dock Boss

June 1945 is the manual's publication date, not an effective conversion date. No effective date is given for this entry.

  • The June 1944 tentative-title and June 1945 Present Title columns are blank; the entry does not establish a fixed successor or an automatic split.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Dock Boss. Suggested conversions/remarks: 271, 711. 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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