Help with Navy Rates

[Thrifter_01]

These are the only two rates I don't recognize, any help on these would be appreciated.

 

 

[prmccoy]

Top one is Specialist C: Classification Interviewer

Bottom is cross between a storekeeper/pharmacist mate. Never seen that one.

[Thrifter_01]

Thank you for the help! But does the second rate look like WW2 era?

[prmccoy]

13 hours ago, Thrifter_01 said:

Thank you for the help! But does the second rate look like WW2 era?

TBH I don't know for certain. This is a in depth list of rates for Navy. I don't see it listed on there. Definitely one I have never seen before.

https://www.ussmarblehead.com/pdf/WWII__PettyOfficerRatings2.pdf lists all petty rates. I had bookmarked it years ago. I don't see it on there but suppose doesn't mean much.

 

I would honestly DM a member who is actually a mod here. Seems to know a whole lot about a lot dealing with US Navy.  Years ago he posted in a thread as I was looking around the forum see if anyone mentioned WW2 ratings lists before.

 

[USMC_COLLECTOR]

If you find sigsaye he could probably tell you. He is the mod. Or SalvageSailor

[QED4]

The second rate is not from the navy it was used by Bundles for Briton and its off chute originations during WWII. It can be seen on page 279 Vol. I of Dressed for Duty by Jill Smith 

[Thrifter_01]

On 5/2/2023 at 9:47 AM, QED4 said:

The second rate is not from the navy it was used by Bundles for Briton and its off chute originations during WWII. It can be seen on page 279 Vol. I of Dressed for Duty by Jill Smith 

 

Wow! Would have never known it was worn by them. Thank you for the insight.

[Bruce Linz]

This is from John A. Stacey's book "United States Navy Rating Badges and Marks 1833 to 2008".

 

Part Eight is titled "Rates That Aren't".  On page 97 he writes "At first believed to for Storekeeper, Medical, research showed that there was no such rating.  Women volunteers of the Naval Aid Auxiliary and Bundles for Bluejackets wore the insigne on Navy style uniforms.

[David Minton]

 

Actress Gene Tierney wearing a Naval Aid Auxiliary uniform.