Marine Corps · SSN history

473 Winch Operator

Appendix B lists SSN 473 as Winch Operator under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements), with SSNs 063 or 271 suggested as possible replacements. These were not automatic conversions: each person's Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the manual's job specifications before selecting a specialty.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Winch Operator

June 1945 is the manual's publication date. The entry gives no effective date for a conversion or for the end of SSN 473.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank for SSN 473, and the entry does not establish a fixed successor.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Winch Operator. Suggested conversions/remarks: 063, 271. 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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