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EM Electrician's Mate

Merged into IC, dated 1948 by the source.

The directory also lists EM Electrician's Mate. Current service use is not established for this directory entry.

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ICInterior Communications Electrician

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Electrician's Mate

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Electrician's Mate and Electrician's Mate (SR) (I. C. Repairmen). Normalized as merged/included.

Source documents (2)

Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969)
1. #anchori, Interior Communications entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 9 · source dated December 1969
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Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970)
2. alphabetic abbreviation list, EM, IC entries · source dated 1970
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