[Milsurplus] Navy List ( Milsurplus , Vol 135, Issue 21 )

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Hue,

Mike may have slept in this morning.  Or maybe he got up early to go and 
grab some new treasure.  :-)  But, the answer to your question is Yes and No.  
He was referring to the standard Navy Type Number, which is five digits, 
and when shown on a nameplate is preceded by a 2 or 3 or 4 letter Navy 
Contractor Code of the form Cxxxx-.  Navy Contract Numbers of the 30's through 
about the mid 50's were of the form NXsr-nnnnn.  Where the "X" and the "sr" 
varied depending upon who issued the contract.  I don't recall how early the 
contract numbering system started.

Robert Downs - Houston
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In a message dated 08/01/2015 00:00:05 AM Central Daylight Time, 
kargo_cult at msn.com writes: 
> "Also, it appears that the USN type-number system did not start until 
> 1931, 
> so sets that are earlier are not mentioned. "
> Just to clarify, Mike, you mean the C**-nnnnn contract number, system?
>