An ordinary seaman (OS) is a member of the deck department of a ship. The position is an apprenticeship to become an able seaman, and has been for centuries...

Ordinary seaman is a military rank used in naval forces. In the Royal Navy in the middle of the 18th century, the term ordinary seaman was used to refer...

An able seaman (AB) is a seaman and member of the deck department of a merchant ship with more than two years' experience at sea and considered "well...

Sailor Third Class (previously Ordinary Seaman) or matelot de troisième classe Sailor Second Class (previously Able Seaman) or matelot de deuxième classe...

attack a plane had been brought down and for this the credit went to Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean. Teddy died, but none of us who survived, I am sure, will...

18th Century Royal Navy when the ranks were called landsman, ordinary seaman and able seaman.) The actual title for an E-2 in the U.S. Navy varies based...

experienced seamen that distinguished between an ordinary seaman and an able seaman. The higher ranked able seaman was required to be competent in steering,...

seaman also stands a navigational watch, generally as a lookout or helmsman. The lowest ranking personnel in the deck department. An ordinary seaman (OS)...

seaman also stands a navigational watch, generally as a lookout or helmsman. The lowest ranking personnel in the deck department. An ordinary seaman (OS)...

United States, and the Ordinary Seaman's Certificate in the United Kingdom are examples of these credentials. An Ordinary Seaman Certificate is a required...

Leading seaman Able seaman Ordinary seaman  Royal Australian Navy (1966-1971) No insignia Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Ordinary...

Gustaf Adolf Sundquist (June 4, 1879 – August 25, 1918) was an ordinary seaman serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received...

precise steering. An ordinary seaman is commonly restricted to steering in open waters. Moreover, military ships may have a seaman or quartermaster at...

has simply entered a new incentive level within the pay scale for ordinary seaman.[citation needed] A master sailor is equal to a master corporal of...

Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman Ordinary seaman  Nigerian Air Force v t e No insignia Air warrant officer...

standing from the ordinary sailors. Occasionally, a midshipman would be posted aboard a ship in a lower rating such as able seaman but would eat and sleep...

refers to an officer who cannot find a ship's billet and signs on as an ordinary seaman or wiper. Several merchant seamen's unions offer their members the...

and 18. On a Boy's 18th birthday he automatically became rated as an ordinary seaman and was subject to the Naval Discipline Act as applicable to adult...

Melville Ordinary Seaman 2019, pp. 16-17, n.50, accessed 12 May 2019. USS_United_States_1843_-_1844_muster_roll_Herman_Melville_Ordinary_Seaman_is_recorded_as_number_572...

ratings were that of ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer. Rank-wise, an able seaman would be the rough equivalent...

sinsearach Petty officer Mion-oifigeach Leading seaman Mairnéalach ceannais Able seaman Mairnéalach inniúil Ordinary seaman Mairnéalach Seaman recruit Earcach...

of his longstanding unofficial service, he was promoted from Ordinary seaman to Able seaman. He never went to sea but fulfilled a number of roles ashore...

age 40 Able Seaman K.P. Andrews, H.M.S. 'Erebus', the 9th of April 1942, age 19 Bugler E. Broad, R.M. H.M.S. 'Erebus', age 18 Ordinary Seaman W.A. Dove...

Run – R Rural Dean – RD Sailor – AB (able seaman), TAR (slang), RN, SALT, JACK, HAND, OS (ordinary seaman) Saint – ST or S Same – DO (ditto) Sappers...

corporal / master seaman Corporal / leading seaman Private (trained) / able seaman Private (basic) or private (recruit) / ordinary seaman Canada, Service...

Seaman Philip Bazaar, born in Chile, South America, was a United States Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration...

Master seaman Matelot-chef Leading seaman Matelot de 1re classe Able seaman Matelot de 2e classe Ordinary seaman Matelot de 3e classe Seaman recruit...

That's all." Seeley, then approximately 22, joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman on board the HMS Euryalus in 1862, which was then operating under the...

Musa'id Petty officer رقیب Raqib Leading seaman عريف Earif Able seaman جندي أول Jundi awwal Ordinary seaman جندي Jundi‎‎‎‎  United Arab Emirates Air Force...

returning home 19 October 1875. Two of her crewmen, Ordinary Seaman John Costello and Ordinary Seaman Richard Ryan, were awarded the Medal of Honor for...