Able Seamen in Fiction
- Tom Ayrton, fictional AB and quartermaster in Jules Verne novels
- Sailor Steve Costigan, a fictional AB created by Robert E. Howard
- Ben Jackson, fictional AB in sci-fi series Doctor Who
- James Jessop, AB and murder suspect in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire.
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