Hospital Apprentice
The changes are dated to 1948; no month or day is given. December 1969 is the compilation's revision date, not the date of the changes.
- The evidence does not identify which other grade or grades became Hospital Apprentice (HA).
Source extraction notes
Malin/BUPERS source assertion: changed to Hospital Apprentice 1948. | changed to Hospitalman 1948. | Changed from Hospital Apprentice 1c 1948. Normalized as split/multi-destination. Reconciles 3 reciprocal, grade-specific, or repeated source assertions for the same predecessor/date.
Source documents (2)
Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1, 2 and 3.
- Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969)
1. #anchorh, Hospital Apprentice entry; #anchorh, Hospital Apprentice 1c entry; #anchorh, Hospitalman entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 8 · source dated December 1969 · cited by the explanation
Open source document (opens in a new tab)3.Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969) · event transcription · docs/legacy-data/navy-rating-history.jsonl:42; #anchorh, Hospital Apprentice entry; #anchorh, Hospital Apprentice 1c entry; #anchorh, Hospitalman entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 8 · cited by the explanation
Open source document (opens in a new tab) - Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970)
2. alphabetic abbreviation list, HA, HN entries · source dated 1970 · cited by the explanation
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