Navy NEC · Engineering

737B SSN 719-773 Submarine Vertical Launch System Tube Maintenance Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

An SSN 719 through 773 Submarine Vertical Launch System Tube Maintenance Technician operates submarine vertical launch tube components unique to SSN 719 through 773 class ships. The technician performs preventive maintenance and basic corrective maintenance on those components.

Core Skills

  • Submarine launch tube component operation

Civilian Career Paths

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Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Preventive and basic corrective maintenance on submarine launch tube components provides transferable experience for civilian machinery maintenance.

How to prepare: Complete hands-on machinery maintenance training focused on disassembly, reassembly, and replacement of machine parts.

What the civilian work involves
  • Dismantle machines and remove parts for repair, using hand tools, chain falls, jacks, cranes, or hoists.
  • Reassemble machines after the completion of repair or maintenance work.
  • Install, replace, or change machine parts and attachments, according to production specifications.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Computerized maintenance management system software CMMS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 737B

    [1] NEC entry "737B - SSN 719-773 Submarine Vertical Launch System Tube Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 17505; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Submarine launch tube component operation, Maintenance Workers, Machinery (O*NET 49-9043.00)

  2. O*NET: Maintenance Workers, Machinery

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Maintenance Workers, Machinery (O*NET 49-9043.00)

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