The training course has been prepared for personnel of the Navy and Navy Reserve studying for advancement to the rates of Ship's Serviceman third or second class. The Ship's Serviceman 3 specializes as a clerk, barber, cobbler, tailor, or laundryman. Ship's Serviceman 2 exercises administrative and management control over resale and service activities. The majority of billets of the type are aboard ship, so afloat procedures are of main concern. Chapter 1 discusses the Ship's Serviceman rating and how to qualify and prepare for advancement. Chapters 2-11 cover: the supply department; administration; appropriations and funds; procurement; inventory and stock control; receipt, custody, and storage; expenditures; resale activities; returns; and service activities. The document concludes with two appendixes: (1) a list of items that may be procured for stock, for resale, or use in the ship's store, and (2) a subject index. (Author/BP)