Marine Corps · SSN history

559 Glider Mechanic

Appendix B identifies SSN 559 as Glider Mechanic under AR 615-26 (September 1942 and supplements) and suggests SSN 747 for conversion. This was not an automatic replacement: each affected Marine’s qualifications had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Glider Mechanic

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; no effective date is given for the suggested conversion.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, so the entry does not establish a current title for SSN 559 or a fixed transition to SSN 747.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Glider Mechanic. Suggested conversions/remarks: 747. 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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