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520 Engine Test Operator

Appendix B identifies SSN 520 as Engine Test Operator under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, and lists SSN 684 as a suggested conversion. This was not an automatic replacement: each affected Marine’s Qualification Card had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Engine Test Operator

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date. No effective date is given for the suggested conversion from SSN 520 to SSN 684.

  • No title is listed for SSN 520 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 reclassified to SSN 684.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Engine Test Operator. Suggested conversions/remarks: 684. 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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