USS Constitution Museum site.
ORDINARY SEAMAN
Among the enlisted men, Ordinary Seaman stood in the middle of the lower deck hierarchy. These men had typically sailed just one or two voyages and knew basic seamanship.
Like the Able Seamen (the next higher rank), they could hand (furl or take in), reef (reduce a sail's area), and steer, but some of the more complicated maneuvers were foreign to them.
Many ordinary seamen were numbered among the topmen, the young and agile crewmembers who were responsible for working aloft on the masts and yards.
The ordinary seaman made $10 a month.
--Brock-Perry
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