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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

"landsman" referred to a seaman with less than a year's experience at sea. After a year, a landsman was usually rated as an ordinary seaman. Most were acquired...

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...

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...

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

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...

John Andrews (born c. 1821) was a United States Navy Ordinary Seaman received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean Expedition. It is believed...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

sea calm. Thirteen persons altogether saw her ... At 10.45 a.m. the ordinary seaman who had this morning reported the Flying Dutchman fell from the foretopmast...

Rank Place of action Date of action Unit Notes — John Andrews Navy Ordinary Seaman aboard USS Benicia Jun 9, 1871 – Jun 10, 1871 USS Benicia Stood on...

"O's" Leyton Orient, an English football (soccer) team nicknamed "O's" Ordinary seaman, an unlicensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship Ordnance...