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PrTr Printer

The Navy disestablished the Printer (PrTr) rating in 1955.

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Printer

The disestablishment is dated only to 1955; no month or day is given.

The record does not identify a successor rating or explain how sailors holding the rating were reclassified.

Source extraction notes

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: disestablished 1955. Normalized as disestablished/canceled.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 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, Printer entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 13 · source dated December 1969 · cited by the explanation
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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:136; #anchorp, Printer entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 13
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Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970)
2. alphabetic abbreviation list, PrTr entry · source dated 1970 · cited by the explanation
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Printer

In 1948, the Navy included the Printer (PrTr) rating in the newly established Lithographer (LI) rating, which brought together several printing and photographic ratings.

The change is dated to 1948; no month or day is given.

Source extraction notes

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Specialist (P) (Photographic Specialists), Printer, Printer (L) (Lithographers), and Printer (M) (Offset Process). | included in Lithographer 1948. Normalized as merged/included. Reconciles 2 reciprocal, grade-specific, or repeated source assertions for the same predecessor/date.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.

Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969)
1. #anchorl, Lithographer entry; #anchorp, Printer entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 9, 13 · source dated December 1969 · cited by the explanation
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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:53; #anchorl, Lithographer entry; #anchorp, Printer entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 9, 13
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Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970)
2. alphabetic abbreviation list, PrTr, LI entries · source dated 1970 · cited by the explanation
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