The petty officer wouldn't act that way toward anyone else.
Then we let the petty officers know who is in charge.
Sam knew that from his days as a petty officer.
Seems three guys, one of them a petty officer, didn't show up this morning.
Green men who knew nothing and would have to be shown every job, but the petty officers could take care of that.
He took the middle school exam in 1903, and also had training as a petty officer.
At last, she turned to the young petty officer who had been assigned to help her.
Finally, he was aware of the petty officer getting up beside him.
I had a pretty lucrative career in the military, 12 years as a petty officer.
The other side of the coin was, Sam had only been a petty officer then.
He went to sea as an able seaman at the age of 19.
The share of the prize money for an able seaman was 2s.
One can become an able seaman as a promotion from this position.
An able seaman received £3 8s 0d in prize money.
In 1903 he went to sea as a deck boy, working his way up to able seaman.
The prize money for an able seaman was 8s 5 d.
A sailor with more than two years' experience was referred to as an able seaman.
For an able seaman, this was equivalent to several months' salary.
Able and ordinary seamen received £2 6 s in prize money.
He had been an able seaman and boatswain since 1922.