Can anyone familiar with the Navy tell me what his rating was?
Sailor? I always thought of them all that way. My Marine buddies called them Seagoing Bellhops, of course (ducking).
Either Boatswain Mate or undesignated seaman. It is kind of blurry.
Hard to tell, but looks like a Bosun’s Mate.
From the first picture, it appears he has the crossed anchors of a boatswain’s mate. The eagle above, or “crow,” would suggest he’s a petty officer, probably a third class, but I can’t make out the number of chevrons.
Can anyone familiar with the Navy tell me what his rating was?
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LCDR....LT COMMANDER SAME AS MAJOR IN OTHER branches
oh, you mean the ‘other’ picture...
Looks like BM3, the diamond below probably specialty rate, someone mentioned him being Helmsman so that may be it.
Doubt any hashmarks, they indicate probably only did a few years.
Looks to be coxswain, which was boatswain mate 3rd class until after WWII. I wish I could see the specialty mark on his lower sleeve better.