Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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...King Neptune. lAIias Capt. Fl. E. Ward, ComDesRon 33i. And the fun began in earnest...for the Shellbacks. First was a knee destroying crawl down the biggest part of the 437 foot length of STRAUSS. Then there came the eggs. Eggs in our white hats. Eggs in our shorts. Eggs, whole, raw, cold, undiluted, sticky, and nasty in our mouths. Yolks, whites, shells, in yellow, slimy profusion dripping from our anatomies. And the royal baby's belly, which was covered with mustard and something horrible. We got to kiss it. The Royal Defender, STC Sherman, defended nothing in the world but his own sense of humor, and got the pollywogs convicted of a succession of crimes which ranged from wanting to impersonate an officer to having a terminal case of the uglies. Then the doctor, Floyal Doctor, of course, RMC Downs, cured us of whatever was wrong by giving us something that was worse. Then we were guillotined, washed down in a coffin with fire hoses, allowed to crawl through a thirty-foot-long garbage chute, made to hop like a frog , and crawl into a pit full of water, where we were asked to state what we were. Slimy Pollywog, we replied, by now terrified of shillelaghs and fire hoses. Instan- taneous wipe-out by fire hose followed. What are you , louder still. Slimy pollywog we yelled louder. Again the fire hose. And then it dawned. The light bulb finally lit up. We had made it. lt was over. We had become Trusty Shellbacks. The misery and suffering suddenly seemed like the greatest fun in the world. And it would be weeks before we would stop talking about the day that STRAUSS crossed the Line. More pictures of Crossing the Line on page 76. rig?-T-1 f1..f -'-- dw. A-fe-.-4.-. ,Y Mcffsv- -...eva W., -..-...,,1,,,' 'T g' -G is-. --5.-.gg.f:-qgkfk ..:.,'.3-f--'fg,s-3----.-.,a. '1..,- .. V --A------,...,, . , rf' - '.,.?f-gf-F3?1L'...:.:..,.. mr-qfnl ,m::1.7.q,.,1g,-?,,,:3f,:'s---y..-'1ff...f.Rit. f -P-Q1-U..-Q-. - V V A - A - -Y .' -'-- -.,.,...E-,.. .: , 'f L--,, , ,. -5--.1...:s,.,.t,h,H '-ver... f S- --f ,, ,. 9--.,52t,.,'g:-'v-'

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