There's a long-standing tradition among sailors on U.S. Navy ships when they cross the equator: Those onboard who've already experienced the passage, called shellbacks, perform an elaborate initiation ...
Nearly 900 “pollywogs” serving aboard the Japan-bound USS Wasp became “shellbacks” during a weekend equator-crossing ceremony in the Atlantic Ocean. Tradition holds that as a ship approaches the ...
On Oct. 15, sailors from the carrier Theodore Roosevelt and the cruiser Normandy entered the royal court of King Neptune to participate in the time-honored crossing the line ceremony, where sailors ...
MANILA, Philippines — One of the country’s most capable warships, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16), has made it to Australia for the Exercise Kakadu 2014. The ship arrived on Aug. 23 after it sailed from ...
ABOUT 160 sailors and soldiers considered “pollywogs” aboard the Philippine Navy’s flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar undertook the “shellback ceremony” on Saturday as the vessel crossed the equator on ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As the cruise ship Voyager of the Seas nears the equator, excitement mounts and all Pollywogs – those who have never crossed the line – ...
As the U.S.S. Missouri steamed northward through blue, tropical seas, Harry Truman relaxed. Every day he was up early, tramping the decks for an early morning constitutional. He prowled and poked ...
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