Marine Corps · SSN history

765 Visual Signalman

SSN 765, listed as Visual Signalman in the June 1944 tentative manual, was deleted for Marine Corps use. The June 1945 manual leaves its current title blank and marks it “None,” meaning no Marine Corps specialty, without naming a replacement.

Documented history

Visual Signalman

June 1945 is the manual's publication date, not an effective deletion date; no effective date is stated for SSN 765.

  • Selecting a replacement specialty required review of the individual's qualifications against the manual's job specifications.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the June 1944 tentative-manual column: Visual Signalman. Suggested conversions/remarks: None. 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.

Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.