USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Leaving Singapore on April 30th, Davy Jones and King Neptune played a joke on the ships of ARG ALPHA. Instead of turning north for Pataya Beach and the wonders that are Thai- land, the ship's naviguesser became lost in a sudden maelstrom, and the small task group accidentally headed south. TATAWA crossed the equator at 0800 on 1 May at longitude 106- 47 East and came under the influence of Nep- tunus Rex and the various Denizens of the Deep. King Neptune presided over the induc- tion over 1000 Pollywogs or WOGS into Shellback status using a sundry of nefarious- looking devices and ancient rituals that are a part of this time honored initiation. Having ride the ship of dirty, filthy WOGS, King Neptune relinguished control of ARG ALPHA, which ten proceeded on its way to Thailand. ' WWE? '

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