Passenger Ship Crew Occupations

Occupations of Crew Members Aboard Passenger Ships 2M is the common abbreviation for 2nd Mate

AB is the common abbreviation for Able Seaman AKA Assistant Bosun

AB, LO is the common abbreviation for Able Seaman, Lookout

AB &amp; Sails

AKA is the common abbreviation for Also Known As

Apprentice AKA Ordinary Seaman commonly abbreviated OS

Barber

Baker

Barman, Barman &amp; Stores

Bath Steward AKA Baths AKA Bathman

Bathman AKA Bath Steward AKA Baths

Baths AKA Bath Steward AKA Bathman

Bedroom Steward commonly abbreviated BR

Boatswain AKA Bosun

Boatswain's Mate AKA Bosun's Mate

Boilermaker

Books was a bookkeeper

Boots was a shoe shiner

Bosun common abbreviation for Boatswain, Foreman over all the Able Seamen and Ordinary Seamen

Bosun's Mate AKA Boatswain's Mate

Boy, Cabin, Deck, Galley, Steward's, Officer's, Messroom, Brass, etc.

BR Steward is the common abbreviation for Bedroom Steward

Brass Boy

Bugler

Butcher

Cabin Boy

Cadet

Captain

Captain's Boy

Captain's Steward

Carpenter

Caterer, Firemen's

Clerk

Coalpasser

Cook, Chief, 2nd, 3rd, Vegetable, Passenger's, etc.

Deck Boy AKA Peggy AKA Deck Hand

Deck Hand AKA Deck Boy AKA Peggy

Deck Steward Donkeyman maintained the donkey engine which powered winches, windlass, pumps, etc. Electrician Engineer, Chief, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, Ice, Refrigeration, etc. Engineers Storekeeper

FC common abbreviation for First Cabin

Fireman AKA Stoker tended the ship's steam boilers, shoveling coal in and clinkers out

Firemen's Caterer

Galley boy

General Steward commonly abbreviated GS

Greaser, Refrigeration

GS common abbreviation for General Steward Ice Engineer

Joiner worked with the Carpenter

Lamps, Lamps &amp; Stores, Lamps &amp; AB

Lamptrimmer AKA Lamps

Linenkeeper AKA Linenman Linenman AKA Linenkeeper

LO is the common abbreviation for Lookout

LO &amp; AB is the common abbreviation for Lookout &amp; Able Seaman

Lookout commonly abbreviated LO

Master was the captain of the ship

Marconi Operator AKA Wireless Operator AKA W/T Operator AKA Wireless Master at Arms

Mate, 1st, 2nd (commonly abbreviated 2M), 3rd, Bosun's etc.

Matron Messman

Messroom Boy

Messrorom Steward

MR Steward is the common abbreviatin for Mess Room Steward

Night Watchman commonly abbreviated NWM, AKA Watchman

NWM is the common abbreviation for Night Watchman Officer

Officer's Boy Oiler

OS is the common abbreviation for Ordinary Seaman, a low-ranking member of the deck crew

Pantries AKA Pantryman Pantryman AKA Pantries

Passenger's Cook

Peggy AKA Deck Boy AKA Deck Hand

Pilot Plumber Porter handled luggage

Printer

Pumpman Purser was a cashier Quartermaster AKA Stores

Refrigeration Engineer

Refrigeration Greaser

Saloon Waiter (Saloon is First Class, Quality Accomodations)

Sailor

Sculleryman was a dishwasher

Scullion assisted the cook in the kitchen Seaman AKA Able Seaman AKA Able-Bodied Seaman AKA Assistant Bosun commonly abbreviated AB

Seaman, Ordinary commonly abbreviated OS AKA Apprentice Silverman tended silverware Steward, Bedroom, Captains, Officers, 1st Class, 1st Grade, Mess Room, 2nd Grade, Bath, Deck, etc.

Steward, General commonly abbreviated GS

Steward in Charge Stewardess, FC Steward's Boy

Stoker, AKA Fireman

Store Keeper, Engineers

Stores AKA Quartermaster

Stores &amp; Lamps

Surgeon Trimmer re-arranged cargo in the ship's hold so the vessel was well-balanced on the water

Vegetable Cook Waiter, Saloon Waitress Watchman AKA Night Watchman Water Tender

Winchman

Wiper

Wireless AKA Wireless Operator AKA Marconi Operator AKA W/T Operator

Wireless Operator AKA Marconi Operator AKA W/T Operator AKA Wireless

Writer