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EM(CBC) Electrician's Mate (CB) (Communications)

Merged into CE, dated 1948 by the source.

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CEConstruction Electrician

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Electrician's Mate (CB) (Communications)

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Electrician's Mate (CB) (Line and Station), Electrician's Mate (CB) (General), and Electrician's Mate (CB) (Communications). 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. #anchorc, Construction Electrician's Mate entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 6 · 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(CBC), CE entries · source dated 1970
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