The grandson of my Chester Co relative was a crewman on ships - generally as a cook - but one abbreviation I don't recognize is N.C. & B - this was a 1950's manifest but wondered if anyone knew what it stood for. Thanks Susan

My husband was in the Navy. He says this could not have been a Navy ship (maybe Merchant Marine?)... He says: "The only thing that pops in my head is: 'non crew & board' but that does not make sense unless they were just traveling as an employee but not crew, etc" So maybe you should explore the Merchant Marine connection and maybe you might find an answer. Gail -----Original Message----- From: Susan Maddox [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PaOldC] Question of ship crew abbreviations N. C. & B. The grandson of my Chester Co relative was a crewman on ships - generally as a cook - but one abbreviation I don't recognize is N.C. & B - this was a 1950's manifest but wondered if anyone knew what it stood for. Thanks Susan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message