The Navy is getting its torpedomen back

US Navy/Mass Comm Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lee

• The Navy has resurrected the torpedoman's mate rating.
• The rating was absorbed into the machinist's mate rating in 1995, but their duties on submarines never changed.
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The silent service spoke, and the Navy listened.

During an April all hands call convened by then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson at Washington's Naval Base Kitsap, sailors wondered if he could resurrect the submarine torpedoman's mate rate.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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