The yeoman rate is one of the oldest rates in the U.S. Navy, dating back to 1794. Historically, the Navy yeomen were responsible for keeping the storerooms for the ship's gunners, carpenters and boatswains. With the transition from sail to steam, yeomen were assigned to the ship's engineers. In the modern Navy, a yeoman is an enlisted service member who performs administrative and clerical work.
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WAVES microfilming vouchers, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington D.C., 23 February 1945. A s...
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Yeoman 3c C. S. Foley (left) taking dictation (in shorthand) from LCDR William P. Mack, Naval Air st...
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LCDR Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook, of USS Texas (BB-35), examine a damaged German pillbox at Pointe...
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Yeoman 3rd Class Harriette Heyman operating a ditto machine at Third Naval District Headquarters, Ch...
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Yeoman Third Class Mary Lyons, Of Wildbraham, Massachusetts, on duty at Navy headquarters at 90 Chur...
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Yeoman Third Class Ruth Beffre, of Providence, Rhode Island, on duty at Navy headquarters at 90 Chur...
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WAVE Yeomen Storekeeper 3rd Class Gladys R. Geis (left) and Storekeeper 3rd Class Lola Gillam load o...
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Y3c Betty Dickinson with "Okinawa", dog mascot of WAVE barracks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 29 May 1945...
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Water polo at Boot Camp, US Naval Training Center, Women’s Reserve, Iowa State Teachers College, Feb...
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Swimming practice at Boot Camp, US Naval Training Center, Women’s Reserve, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Februa...
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Seaman 2nd Class Sally Kaufman, USNR(W), an Iowa State Teachers College Yeoman student de-tasseling ...
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WAVES from the Cedar Falls, Iowa, yeoman school Take a meal break in an Iowa seed corn field, while ...
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USS Missouri bridge watch (left-to-right): Capt William M. Callaghan, Commanding Office; Lt Morris R...
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Chief Yeoman Inez Cannon serves pie during Thanksgiving dinner.
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Yeoman 2nd Class Wilson lost his life when USS President Lincoln was torpedoed and sunk on 31 May 19...
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Typing class at the Yeoman School, New York Navy Yard ca 1910-19.
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NH 3049 - USS Prometheus, Ship's Repair Office.
USS Prometheus (AR-3) was a Repair Ship. Note Chief...
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Typing pool at the Navy Department, Washington DC ca 1918-19. Military and civilian personnel in an...