Navy·Technology obsolescence·In Memoriam
Lithographer
LI
Served: 1948–2006
The sailor who ran the ship's printing plant — manuals, forms, plans of the day, change-of-command programs.
The Story
When Lithographer died, the Navy lost its last rating whose core skill was running a printing press. The four ratings disestablished into MC collectively covered photography, journalism, illustration, and printing — a complete editorial newsroom in four crows.
Epitaph
“Last sailor in the Navy whose job was a printing press.”
Sources
- NAVADMIN 339/05navadmin-viewer.fly.dev