Q: US naval officer sidearm WWII?

"I did not know about military procurement of Police Positive Special."

Supposedly there were a very few mixed in with the first orders of Offical Police Commands, and virtually all went to arm stateside guards at war material plants, but some allegedly did make it to troops in ETO and PTO.

It could be nothing more than mistaken identity, but I rather suspect that it's true given that the military likely wasn't being particularly fussy about firearms that would primarily be issued stateside.
 
"but I have a S&W .38 revolver with N.Y.M.I. markings on it. It is parkerized, with a lanyard swivel on the butt. As best my research can determine, the markings stand for Naval Yard Mare Island, which was a large Navy base during World War II, just outside of San Francisco."

That particular gun, if the marking is accurate, was likely one of the ones that was sent to the Defense Supplies Commission for issue to stateside guards responsible for security at war material plants (same thing I mentioned in my post above).
 
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