Ship's carpenter
Ship's carpenter is a post aboard ships, both naval and commercial, responsible for the maintenance and repair of the ship's wooden parts, as well as its water stocks.
In the late 19th century, typical activities for a ship's carpenter included
The most important task for a carpenter was maintenance of the ship's
Merchant vessels
In the late 19th century, almost all merchant vessels of a large size or on a long voyage carried a carpenter. The carpenter may or may not have been a
The ship's carpenter on the
Carpenters were warrant officers until the end of the Second World War.[1]
Carpenters were unusual in that many of them passed part of their careers as civilian employees of the Navy Board in the dockyards, and part as officers in the Navy. Although it was possible to serve an apprenticeship afloat as Carpenter's Crew and Carpenter's Mate, the majority qualified as shipwrights in the dockyards before going to sea, and some of the Master Shipwrights and their Assistants were former Carpenters who had returned to the yards.[1]
In the 20th century, with the adoption of metal as the general material for ship construction, carpenters no longer dealt with wood on board ships. In 1918 they were renamed Warrant Shipwrights.[1]
Rank | Title |
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Petty Officer | Carpenter's Mate |
Warrant Rank | Carpenter |
Sub-Lieutenant | Chief Carpenter (1865) |
Lieutenant | Carpenter Lieutenant (1903) |
Lieutenant-Commander | Carpenter Lieutenant (1903) |
Commander | Shipwright Commander (1918) |
United States
Carpenter's mate | |
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Issued by | United States Navy |
Type | Enlisted rating |
Abbreviation | CM |
Specialty | Hull |
Carpenter's mate (CM) was a United States Navy rating throughout the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
The rating was established in 1797, and separate
References
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- ^ Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
- ^ The Bluejackets' manual. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. 1944.
- ^ Williams, Glenn F. (April 2002). "Uncle Sam's Webfeet: The Union Navy in the Civil War". International Journal of Naval History. 1 (1). Archived from the original on May 20, 2010. Retrieved June 8, 2010.