The DIY Blonde Posted February 7, 2016 Share #1 Posted February 7, 2016 Okay, help me out here... "MOS" (military occupational specialty) wasn't a term used with the Navy. We used the term 'rate'. However, M.O.S. was used back in WWII quite regularly-- I'm working on a huge pile of muster lists from the USS Pyro AE-1 (from the mid-1940s). Next to each name is "MOS" with a number beside it. The numbers start at 6 and go up as far as 30-- so far any way. What are these numbers representing? The months they've been in? The months they had left til they separate? Hopefully you can see this picture okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted February 7, 2016 Share #2 Posted February 7, 2016 Months overseas perhaps? That's a long shot, and nothing I've ever encountered on any muster rolls, but just a guess. I'd be interested to find out as well as I frequently run USN muster rolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 7, 2016 Share #3 Posted February 7, 2016 Months overseas perhaps? That's a long shot, and nothing I've ever encountered on any muster rolls, but just a guess. I'd be interested to find out as well as I frequently run USN muster rolls. That's a good guess, never thought of that, perhaps that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DIY Blonde Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted February 7, 2016 Brilliant thought indeed! I know a few of these crew members were received on board the Pyro straight from Recruiting Station San Francisco and those dates are listed on some of these logs. I'll cross-ref those dates with their listed MOS numbers and see if they calculate right. I'll let ya know either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 7, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 7, 2016 I believe M.O.S. is "Months Overseas Service" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DIY Blonde Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted March 4, 2016 I believe you're right. After going back and trying to calculate some of those entries, some however, don't match up quite right but, if it's documenting their 'months overseas service' for that particular duty station (the Pyro), that would add up pretty close. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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