Marine Corps · SSN history

487 Mechanic-Repairman, Petroleum Pumping Engine

Appendix B lists SSN 487 as “Mechanic-Repairman, Petroleum Pumping Engine” under AR 615-26, September 1942 and supplements, and suggests SSN 485 as a possible replacement. This was not an automatic conversion: each affected Marine’s qualifications had to be reviewed against the job specifications before selecting the appropriate classification.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Mechanic-Repairman, Petroleum Pumping Engine

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date, not an effective conversion date. No effective date for the suggested change from SSN 487 is stated.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank; the earlier title is not confirmed as a current specialty in that manual.
  • The reference to SSN 485 does not establish a fixed successor or show that an individual Marine was reclassified.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Mechanic-Repairman, Petroleum Pumping Engine. Suggested conversions/remarks: 485. 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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