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Sp(W) Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants

The Navy disestablished Sp(W), Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants, in March 1965. The record does not name a successor rating.

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Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants

March 1965 is the stated disestablishment date; no exact day is given.

Source extraction notes

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: disestablished March 1965. Normalized as disestablished/canceled.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 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. #anchors, Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 16 · 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:178; #anchors, Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 16 · cited by the explanation
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Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970)
2. alphabetic abbreviation list, Sp(W) entry · source dated 1970
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Specialist (Chaplain's Assistant)

In 1948, the Navy included Specialist (Chaplain's Assistant), Sp(W), in the newly established Personnelman (PN) rating. Sp(W) was one of several ratings brought together to form Personnelman.

The history gives 1948 as the year of the change but does not specify a month or day.

Source extraction notes

Malin/BUPERS source assertion: Established 1948 from the ratings of Yeoman, Specialist (C) (Classification Interviewers), Specialist (W) (Chaplain's Assistants), Specialist (T) (Teachers), Specialist (X) (Position Classifiers), Specialist (R) (Recruiters), Specialist (DI) (Discharge Interviewers), and Specialist (S) (Personnel Supervisors). | included in Personnelman 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 3.

Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969 (rev. Dec. 1969)
1. #anchorp, Personnelman entry; #anchors, Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 12, 16 · 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:94; #anchorp, Personnelman entry; #anchors, Specialists (W) Chaplain's Assistants entry; reproduced on archived Ohio PDF p. 12, 16 · cited by the explanation
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Charles A. Malin/Bureau of Naval Personnel, Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings (1970)
2. alphabetic abbreviation list, Sp(W), PN entries · source dated 1970
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Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.