Navy UIM's

[Pack Rat]

Hey gang,

 

I just bought about a hundred or so Navy UIM's and they are all different.

 

I was wondering if there is an online source to help ID all these. Is there a glossary of UIM terms?

 

Thanks in advance for any help,

 

-D

[paulray2]

Hey gang,

 

I just bought about a hundred or so Navy UIM's and they are all different.

 

I was wondering if there is an online source to help ID all these. Is there a glossary of UIM terms?

 

Thanks in advance for any help,

 

-D

Hi Pack Rat I too have the same ID problems and can find zero reference sources for these . Somewhere there is a 'USN dictionary of acronyms' that will translate SOME but not all eg FASOTRAGRUPAC fleet aviation safety operational training group pacific. I have worked on my collection for the last 25-30 years and am still stumped on many. IF you have any to sell/trade please let me know their spellout. regards paulray2

[Lee Ragan]

I'm in the process of labeling nearly 300 of these critters and have identified many if not most of them. List some of those you need identified on this thread & we will see what we can do. I haven't found any comprehensive listing but found may identifications just by doing an internet search. That's not going to ID all of them. but it's a start.

I have discovered that after you work with these awhile, you can start to figure out what they mean in some cases. Still, there are some that defy all attemps to identify.

[Pack Rat]

Hey Lee,

 

Thanks for help.

 

Here are the ones I couldn't find or have found conflicting info on:

 

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/SunWray/UIMLOT1.jpg

 

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/SunWray/UIMLOT2.jpg

 

I put them in alphabetical order to help speed along a search.

 

Again, thank you in advance for any help,

 

-D

 

PS- The Navy sure loves the serve alphabet soup.

[svt40]

HELANTISUBRONLIGHT 41

 

This is Helicopter Anti-submarine Light 41 or HSL-41 for short. It is a training command for pilots for the SH-60B helicopter stationed in North Island california. I was assigned for training there in 1991. They do the same thing as HSL-40 does on the east coast in Florida.

 

This was our SH-60B during Iraqi Freedom in the NAG. 444 is assigned to HSL-44 out here in Florida.

[semperbee]

PackRat-

 

Seabee UIMs -

 

NMCB 7 = Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7

RNMCB 2 = Reserve, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 2

CBU 416 = Construction Battalion Unit 416 (decommissioned in 2004, folded into CBMUs)

[Lee Ragan]

Hey Lee,

 

Thanks for help.

 

Here are the ones I couldn't find or have found conflicting info on:

 

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/SunWray/UIMLOT1.jpg

 

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/SunWray/UIMLOT2.jpg

 

I put them in alphabetical order to help speed along a search.

 

Again, thank you in advance for any help,

 

-D

 

PS- The Navy sure loves the serve alphabet soup.

Here we go with some of them:

EODMU Three= Explosive Ordnance Mobil Unit Three

FITRON 101 Det OCEANA = Fighter Squadron 101, Detachment, Oceana NAS

FLEACOMPRON 10 = Fleet Composite Squadron 10

MCB 5 = Mobil Construction Battalion 5

TRARON 24 = Training Squadron 24

CARANTISUBAIRGRU 53 = Carrier Anti-submarine Air Group 53

" 50 = " " " " " 50

COM CRU DIV 2 = Commander, Cruiser Division 2

COMDESDIV 142 = Commander, Destroyer Division 142

COMDESRON 21 = Commander, Destroyer Squadron 21

COMEODGRU 2 = Commander, Explosive Ordance Disposal Group 2

COMNAVSURFGRU WESTPAC = Commander, Naval Surface Group, Western Pacific

COMSERVRON 2= Commander Service Squadron 2

COMSPECBOATU 11 = Commander, Special Boat Unit 11

COMSUBGRU 6 = Commander Submarine Group 6

COMSUBRON 4 = Commander Submarine Squadron 4

I'll have to check out my references at home to get some more of these. Sorry I got them a bit out of alphabetical order.

Hope this helps some and if I've got any wrong, please advise.

[Pack Rat]

Thanks guys for the great head start. Now that I know some of the abbriviations, I'll try and decipher some more.

 

Thanks again.

 

Cheers,

 

-D

[Lee Ragan]

Thanks guys for the great head start. Now that I know some of the abbriviations, I'll try and decipher some more.

 

Thanks again.

 

Cheers,

 

-D

Here are some more from your list:

AIRTEVRON 4 = Air Test & Evaluation Squadron 4

COMCRUDESPAC = Commander, Cruiser/Destroyer Pacific (this may be incomplete)

COMFAIRWING 5 = Commander, Fleet Air Wing 5

FAETULANT = Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit Atlantic

FLEHOSPSUPPOFF = Fleet Hospital Support Office (tentative ID, may need verification)

FLETACSUPPRON 813 = Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 813

MOMAG DET 6 = Mobil Mine Assembly Group, Detachmant 6

TACELRON 131 = Tactical Eleactronics Warfare Squadron 131

 

We still have a few unidentifieds left from your list and hopfully we can get those pinned down. If anybody sees any errors in these designations, PLEASE post your corrections.

[2Dogs]

This is great! I only had 1, but now I know what it is, But what ever happened to "KEEP IT SIMPLE",or are they out to confuse us or the enemy

[Lee Ragan]

Here we go with a few more from Pack Rats list of unknown Navy UIM's.

COMINDIV 31 = Commander, Mine Division 31

COMINLANT = Commander, Mine Force Atlantic Fleet

FAIRECONRON 1 = Fleet Air Reconnaiaaance Squadron 1

FASRON 9 = Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron 9

Well, there you go. There are still a handfull that I could not identify from your list, but this will put you over the hump. :thumbsup:

[Pack Rat]

Well, there you go. There are still a handfull that I could not identify from your list, but this will put you over the hump. :thumbsup:

 

Thanks for all your hard work Lee. I really appriciate your efforts.

 

Cheers,

 

-D

[paulray2]

Hey gang,

 

I just bought about a hundred or so Navy UIM's and they are all different.

 

I was wondering if there is an online source to help ID all these. Is there a glossary of UIM terms?

 

Thanks in advance for any help,

 

-D

HI PR sorry I haven't answered you earlier. I do have a number of pre 64 traders and am looking for my list. Was heavy into this in the 70-80s but no takers . As you go thru your ID problems (as I did) there is some sanity to the system e.g. COM usually means COMMANDER... FLT =FLEET so FLTCOM= Fleetcommander , DES = destroyer RON =squadron so DESRON =destroyer squadron SUBRON =submarine squadron , etc . Please keep in touch paulray2

[pzjgr]

Hey Guys,

 

I have been picking up a bunch of these lately, and I have three I cannot figure out...they are-

 

CIT GREAT LAKES

 

CM10 SAN DIEGO CA

 

NF FH 250 CBTZ 07 DET E

 

Any help on any of these? That last one is a doozy...the only things I can come up with in that is NF=Navy Field, CBTZ=Combat Zone...but I don't know if they apply....

[dpcsdan]

Counter Illicit Trafficking (CIT) Command, Great Lakes, Ill.?

 

Naval Facility Fleet Hospital 250-bed Combat Zone 07, Detachment "E"