Marine Corps · SSN history

9959 Navigator

Appendix B identifies SSN 9959 as Navigator in the AR 615-26 September 1942 and supplements column and lists SSN 973 as a suggested conversion. That suggestion required individual qualification review, not automatic conversion to 973.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

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

Documented history

Navigator

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; no effective date is given for a change from SSN 9959.

  • The June 1945 Present Title column is blank, so the entry does not establish a retained title or a definite rename or replacement.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Navigator. Suggested conversions/remarks: 973. 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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