Sailors aboard USS Saratoga celebrate their first crossing of the Equator with a traditional Shellback ceremony in January 1929. The lighthearted naval rite, marking the transition from “Pollywog” to “Shellback,” has bonded generations of sailors across the seven seas. #USSSaratoga #USNavy #Shellback #EquatorCrossing #NavalTradition | The Reliable Narrator
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Sailors aboard USS Saratoga celebrate their first crossing of the Equator with a traditional Shellback ceremony in January 1929. The lighthearted naval rite, marking the transition from “Pollywog” to “Shellback,” has bonded generations of sailors across the seven seas. #USSSaratoga #USNavy #Shellback #EquatorCrossing #NavalTradition | The Reliable Narrator
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Shellback induction ceremony: I a slimy polliwog pledge alegence to King Neptune lord of the deep, tormentor of Odysseus, master of the waves, and owner of the graveyard of ships and treasure. I will throw no plastics in the sea for other turtles to eat and choke on and will only pet Dolphins. On the equator I Neptune the mighty wise and salty hear by turn you slimy polliwogs into graceful shellbacks so you can sail the seven seas never to visit my hordes in Davy Jones locker. I use my tiny fork
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