World war 2 navy ratings1/19/2024 ![]() ![]() OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS NAVY DEPARTMENT * WASHINGTON, D.C.įor sale by the Supertintendent of Documents, United States Government Printing Office It is presented here exactly as in the original, except that fifty-nine words which originally appeared in an addenda page have been integrated in the main text of the document. The text of this published glossary of abbreviations was prepared shortly after the close of World War II. Aerographers were especially important in the Aleutian Islands, where the weather was notoriously bad.Home Art Aviation Military History Photo's Travels Games - IL2 Advertise Clients Employment Security Blogs Contact Us In 1924, the Navy established the rating of “Aerographer” and by 1942, men and women ( Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services, WAVES) were becoming “Aerographer’s Mates,” to help ships and planes navigate weather safely during World War II. Roosevelt, supported developing the Naval Aerographic Organization, which later because the Naval Weather Service. At that time, the Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. McAdie, agreed to teach a group of Navy candidates to make accurate weather observations. In 1917, the director of Harvard University’s meteorological observatory, Alexander G. ![]() ![]() Towards the end of World War I, the US Navy expanded their focus on weather and its impact on warfare. Weather and Warfareīattles have been won or lost due to various weather conditions. Walter “Andy” Andersen at the top of a radio antenna at the Aerological station at Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, 1944.Ĭourtesy Walter Andersen, Aerographer’s Mate, 2nd Class, US Navy, Circa 1943-1945. ![]()
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