Brownson (DD 868) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1955

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The Devil aided by Trusty Shellbacks instruct two miser- - able Pollywogs who aspire to become one of them. cLiIfgS5yNi:SI1SeOgOi,:ff rglltorpt an? his Queen 1 ve e ri ua . The Royal Barbers continue with the instruction phase of the initia- tion. Here, they dunk aprospective Shellback after his traditional 'Pari- sian New Look haircut. Happily almost all of it had grown back by the time we arrived in Newport. -asian-nv

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IIIHISSI li IHI Hlllllllll We were underway from Singapore at 0634, 27 January after a hearty breakfast of an orange and dry cereal for all pollywogs QShellbacks had steak and eggsj and made a dash southeast in order to cross the equator. Before noon that same day we had entered the Domain of King Neptune flmperium Neptuni Regisy having crossed the line at longitude 103 degrees, 53 minutes East. King Neptune and his retinue had come aboard earlier and, after being greeted by the Captain, retired to the fantail where they presided over the initiation of the Pollywogs. Veteran Shellbacks Qsome of them had a hard time proving that they had already been accepted into the Realm of the Mysterious Deep and Raging Main, since they had lost their cer- tificatesj who had been saving the ship's garb- age and all the old hose they could find for the last month or so, eagerly and patiently under- took to instruct the Neophytes as can be seen in the accompanying photographs, After crossing the equator we reversed course and steamed for Ceylon. A f My f M if ff W ,f la 1 Trusty Shellbacks preparing a neophyte for crawling through the Tunnel of Love. I The Royal Princess, King Neptune, and his Queen are seated with the Royal Baby, Royal Devil, Royal Scribe, Royal Playboy, Royal Judge, Royal Physician, Royal Attorney and Royal Chaplain standing.



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DeSi1va and Davis man the helm and engine order telegraph. General Kim of the Re- public of Korea Army, comes aboard in Sokcho-ri, Giampiccolo and David wait for the guard mail pouch as the heli- ' copter hovers over our fantail.

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