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OC2c Officer's Cook 2c

Merged into SC, dated 1943 by the source.

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SCShip's Cook · historical code
Recorded successor: CS Culinary Specialist, also listed in today's directory

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Officer's Cook 2c

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: included in Ship's Cook 2c 1943. Normalized as merged/included. The companion abbreviation list does not contain predecessor code OC2c; this historical form comes from the compilation text or its printed title notation and is flagged in the audit.

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. #anchoro, Officer's Cook 2c entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 11 · 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, SC entry · source dated 1970
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