USS Georgetown (AGTR 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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'TRUSSING THE LINE Crossing The Line is an ancienT TradiTion of sailors ThaT daTes back hundreds of years, GEORGETOWN was TirsT visiTed by King NepTune and his Honorable Royal RarTy h crossed The eguaTor sTeaming Tor Africa. The Pollywogs on TO OcTober l968 OS S G d h H bl Shellbacks lThose lThose who have never crossedj greaTIy ouTnumbere T e onora e who have crossed beforej. The scenes ThaT Tollow are iusT a Tew of The acTiviTies ThaT k b h W s and Shellbacks busy Tor Two days. The day prior To crossing was spenT epT oT og preparing The Wogs and Ship Tor King NepTune's visiT. On The day of crossing, King NepTune and his Royal lRarTy carrie aboard To hold audience wiTh his prospecTive sub- ' T IT Took a loT To geT some of his new subiecTs in presenTable condiTion, buT by 'ec s. The Time The morning was over we had over 250 new Shellbacks wiTh clipped heads, aching bodies and clean souls To prove iT. King NepTune s subiecTs eagerly awaiT The arrival oT The CapTain and Davy Jones review The WOGS his ernissary Davy Jones. K' PSZQ 'gs- T, lf f gg The CapTain and Davy Jonog gre CTC B h V R i A . Swrrownded by oeoreoerovvm love-lies. mm GS T e OW SS SN Pogers walks The Royal Dog CLT Johnsonj. SN Massa and Qscar enioy Q WQITZ

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