Regulations for the Navy Part IIICentral Regulations · 1957
No person is to be discharged from the ship’s books without the authority of the Chief of the Naval Staff or of the Administrative Authority except for one of the following reasons: - Death, desertion, transfer to some other ship, training, super session, sickness, or dismissal by sentence of court-martial or, at home, discharge to shore on expiration of engagement.
259 Disposal of sailors on discharge from ship’s books. – Unless orders are received to the contrary, all sailors on discharge from ship’s books shall be drafted to Naval Barracks for disposal