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M(SRC) Metalsmith (SR) (Coppersmiths)

Merged into FP, dated 1948 by the source.

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FPPipefitter · historical code
Further history: SF Shipfitter. Archive availability does not establish retirement or current use.

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Metalsmith (SR) (Coppersmiths)

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Shipfitter (SR) (Pipe Fitters and Plumbers), Shipfitter (CR) (Pipe Fitters and Plumbers), and Metalsmith (SR) (Coppersmiths). Normalized as merged/included. One or more historical long-title variants were normalized to a reviewed companion-list abbreviation by similarity match; the intermediate ledger records the method and the audit lists the source anomalies.

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. #anchorp, Pipefitter entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 13 · 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, M(SRC), FP entries · source dated 1970
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