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Stabsbootsmann

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Stabsbootsmann
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Country Germany
Service branch German Navy
AbbreviationStBtsm
Rank groupGerman NCO rank
NATO rank codeOR-8
Formation1955
Next higher rankOberstabsbootsmann
Next lower rankHauptbootsmann
Equivalent ranksStabsfeldwebel

Stabsbootsmann (StBtsm or SB) is the second highest Non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank in the German Navy. It is grouped as OR8 in NATO, equivalent to First Sergeant, Master Sergeant, or Senior Chief Petty Officer in the US Armed forces, and to Warrant Officer Class 2 in the British Army and Royal Navy.

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as Herr/ Frau Stabsbootsmann also informally / short Staber.

History

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In 1938, grades were introduced by the German Kriegsmarine depending on the particular career as follows:[1]

  • Boatswain (de: Bootsmann): Stabsoberbootsmann (Staff senior boatswain)
  • Steersman (de: Steuermann): Stabsobersteuermann (Staff senior steersman)
  • Engineman (de: Maschinist): Stabsobermaschinist (Staff senior engineman)

These grades were equivalent to the German Wehrmacht ranks Stabsfeldwebel and Stabswachmeister, or the Waffen-SS grade Stabsscharführer.

Grades Stabsfeldwebel and Stabswachmeister have been used in the GDR National People's Army until 1990 as well. The equivalent in the Volksmarine was Stabsmeister.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:
Unteroffiziere mit Portepee

junior Rank
Hauptbootsmann

Stabsbootsmann
senior Rank
Oberstabsbootsmann
Oberfähnrich zur See

Equivalent in other NATO countries

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mallmann Showell, p. 227

Bibliography

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  • Mallmann Showell, Jak P. (2002) [1999]. German Navy Handbook 1939–1945. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3205-8.