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Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, compiled 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949 ARC Identifier 594996 / MLR Number A1 135, A1 136 (...) Series from Record Group 24: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007 |
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| Creator(s): | Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. (09/18/1947 - 1982) (Most Recent)
Department of the Navy. Bureau of Navigation. (04/25/1913 - 05/1942) (Predecessor) |
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| Type(s) of Archival Materials: | Textual Records |
| Contact(s): |
National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (Military) (RD-DC-2-MIL), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3510; FAX: 301-837-1752; EMAIL: Archives2reference@nara.gov. |
| Inclusive Dates: | 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949 |
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| Part Of: | Record Group 24: Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007 |
| Includes: | 1 item described in ARC Search within this Series |
| Arrangement: | Arranged in three principal subseries. The first subseries consists of commissioned Navy ships, arranged alphabetically by name or by hull designation, with unnamed ships thereunder arranged by hull number. The second subseries consists of commissioned Navy shore installations and other non-ship units and commands, arranged alphabetically by type of activity and thereunder alphabetically by location or numerically by unit identifier. The third subseries consists of Marine Corps units, arranged by type of Marine Corps unit and thereunder alphabetically by location or numerically by unit identifier. Each individual muster roll is arranged chronologically by date of preparation, with reports of changes preceding each quarterly muster roll. Both the muster rolls and the associated reports of changes are arranged thereunder alphabetically by surname. |
| Function and Use: | These records were created to document enlisted Navy personnel assigned to each and every discrete Navy command (known as "activities" in Navy terminology), such as ships, aviation squadrons, air stations, bases, stations, training centers and schools, flag staffs, and Marine Corps units. |
| Access Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| Use Restriction(s): | Unrestricted |
| Finding Aid Type: | Database |
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| Finding Aid Note: | An electronic database has been created to identify muster rolls of named Navy ships and larger unnamed vessels. |
| Finding Aid Source: | NARA |
| Online Resource: | Ancestry |
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| Online Resource URL: | http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1143 |
| Online Resource Note: | This series has been digitized and made available online by our partner, Ancestry.com, for a fee. The digitized records on Ancestry.com are available free of charge in all NARA Research Rooms, including those in our regional archives and Presidential Libraries. |
| Variant Control Number(s): | HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 135 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 136 HMS/MLR Entry Number: A1 136A |
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