Conolly (DD 979) - Naval Cruise Book

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Crossing T11 Lin e THE JOLL YROGER FLE W DEFIAN TL YFROM THE CON OLL Y'S YARDARM ON TUESDA Y JULY 26TH AS HIS OCEANIC MAJESTIC KING OCEANS DEER PRESIDED OVER OUR CROSS- ING THE LINE CEREMONIES. CROSSING THE LINE IS A FINE OLD NA VAL TRADITION THAT STILL FINDS A PLA CE ABOARD NA VAL WARSHIPS IN THIS MODERN ERA OF GAS TURBINE ENGINES. IT IS A DAY WHEN THE M YSTERIES OF THE SEVEN SEAS AND DA VY JONE'S LOCKER ARE REVEALED TO THE 'TOLL YWOGS AS THEY CROSS THE EQUA- TOR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ARE INITIAT- ED INTO THE CHALLENGES OF THE OCEANS AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE SEA. THE MOST VETERAN OF THE SHELLBA CKS I THOSE WHO HA VE PREVIOUSLY CROSSED THE EQUA TORJ, IC1 THOMAS DA VIS, AS- SUMED THE ,ROLE OF NEPTUN US REX AND PRESIDED OVER THE ROYAL COURT THE CHIEF ENGINEER, LT WILLIAM GOOD WIN ACTED AS DA VY JONES. EACH POLLYWOG WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THESE SUPREME SHELLBACKS TO FACE SUCH SERIOUS CHARGES AS SKYLARKING'j LIBERTY-HOUND- ING'j AND EVEN SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE OUTLA WED POLLYWOG LIBERATION ARMY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A CERTAIN UNKNOWN 'RED RIDER? AFTER MEETING THE ROYAL QUEEN EW3 ROYCE SHIFFLETT I WHO WAS SELECTED IN A REMARKABLE BEA UTY PAGEN T THE PREVIOUS NIGHTI, AND THE ROYAL BABK EN3 LEE HOWLETT1 POLL YWOGS WERE INTRODUCED TO THE ROYAL BARBER, THE ROYAL DOCTOR, AND ROYAL DENTIST1 AND OTHER CHARACTERS EACH POLLYWOG HAD TO ANSWER TO BEFORE ACHIEVIN G HIS FINAL STATUS AS AN HON ORED SHELLBACK'i 76 NEPTUNE, R ULER OF THE SEVEN SEAS AND.