Carpenter's Mate (CB) (Builders) · Merged into BU, effective 1948
Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the rating of Carpenter's Mate (CB) (Builders). Normalized as merged/included.
Sources
- Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969) (#anchorb, Builder entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 4)
- Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970) (alphabetic abbreviation list, CM(CBB), BU entries)