[Milsurplus] Re: Navy Ship Callsigns - Fiske Fate

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

I'm familiar with most enlisted rate and rank designators from the period 
before they were changed to the system still in use today.  But what is StM 1/C?  
Or actually, what is StM?  Steward's Mate?


> >>USS Fiske, DE-143, Edsall Class, Launched Orange, TX 3/14/43, Lost 
> 2/8/44.
> >
> >There is a very interesting short web page about the last moments of 
> >USS Fiske (DE-143), including photos of her sinking that were taken 
> >by a US aircraft on the scene.  She was torpedoed by U-804 north of the 
> Azores.
> >
> >http://www.desausa.org/de_photo_library/uss_fiske_de143_sinking.htm
> >
> >Fiske was commissioned 25AUG43, so she had less than a year of service 
> life.

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