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2. Boatswain's mate (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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   The Boatswain's is one of the four oldest professions in the U.S. Navy, along with Quartermasters (responsible for safe navigation, shiphandling, and chart/record maintenance), Gunner's Mates (responsible for maintenance and operation of gunnery equipment and associated systems) and Masters-at-Arms (responsible for maintaining order and enforcing regulations among a ship's crew or the ...

3. List of United States Navy ratings - Wikipedia

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   For example, if a sailor has the pay-grade of E-5 (petty officer second class) and the rating of boatswain's mate, then combining the two—boatswain's mate second class (BM2)—defines both pay grade and rating in formal address or epistolary salutation. Thus, boatswain's mate second class (BM2) would be that sailor's rate. [1]

4. File:Rate insignia of a United States Navy boatswain's mate ...

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   This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

5. William S. Cronan - Wikipedia

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   William "Willie" S. Cronan (October 23, 1883 – October 22, 1959) was a boatswain's mate serving in the United States Navy during the first half of the twentieth century who was awarded the Medal of Honor for peacetime bravery in 1906.

6. Reuben James - Wikipedia

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   Reuben James (c. 1776 – 3 December 1838) was a boatswain's mate [1] of the United States Navy, famous for an act of heroism in the First Barbary War.As of current knowledge, that act was likely conducted by fellow sailor Daniel Frazier and later attributed to James due to a misunderstanding.

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8. Patrick Shanahan (Medal of Honor) - Wikipedia

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   Shanahan was born in Ireland, emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Navy 1892. In 1899 he was a chief boatswain's mate on the USS Alliance when he rescued another sailor from drowning. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was warranted to boatswain on March 11, 1902, and promoted to chief boatswain on March ...

9. Boatswain - Wikipedia

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   The rank of boatswain is the oldest rank in the Royal Navy, and its origins can be traced back to the year 1040. [2] In that year, when five English ports began furnishing warships to King Edward the Confessor in exchange for certain privileges, they also furnished crews whose officers were the master, boatswain, carpenter, and cook. [3]