An able rating is a seaman in the Royal Navy who is qualified to perform certain duties of seamanship.
He was an able seaman for 30 years, then he retired from the merchant navy.
AB Seaman (Able Bodied)
SEAMAN is the first called to a person working SEABASED, this usually are MALE. But as time goes by WOMEN are now also performing the duties of a SEAMAN that's why SEAMAN was changed to SEAFARER to make it more universal.
an able bodied seaman makes as much as $ 320.00 US per day
One of the duties of an ordinary seamen is to perform maintenance on the ships motors and tools. Ordinary seamen also clean the scales of the deck, paint the deck, knot ropes, and splice wire.
An Able Seaman is an experienced seaman in the upperdeck department who assists the officer on watch, steers the ship and keeps gangway watch; one grade higher than the beginning grade of ordinary seaman; AB for short; AB was used apparently instead of AS to avoid confusion with OS which stands for ordinary seaman
Popeye was a "Seaman AB" (Able Bodied) .
What kinda ship? Deck hands, ordinary seaman, able bodied seaman, stewards, etc, etc, etc.
The cast of Five Bells for Logan - 1961 includes: George Baizley as Chocolate Drop, the galley boy Douglas Blackwell as Second Officer Prentiss Noel Johnson as Captain Silver Frank Leighton as First Officer Burke Alfred Maron as The Cook Wilem Meilen as Able Seaman Logan John Rees as Able Seaman Cowan Ivor Salter as Able Seaman Sweeney Will Stampe as Chief Radio Officer Franks John Walker as Able Seaman Conroy
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Enlisted Ranks - Ordinary Seaman, Able Seaman, Leading Seaman, Petty Officer, Chief Petty Officer, Warrant Officer Officers - Midshipman, Sub Lieutenant, Liuetenant, Lt. Commander, Commander, Captain (Naval), Commodore