Shellbacks?

groomsie · 06-18-08, 07:50 AM

Crossed aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) on way back from Arabian Gulf (by way of Bali, Indonesia).

Seminole · 06-18-08, 04:19 PM

Since '72...

sunvalleyslim · 06-19-08, 05:41 PM

Shellback..........crossed the line in Summer of '69.........On board the USS Segundo (SS398).......Motto......"Second to None"............

anzacmick · 06-20-08, 09:41 AM

I once upon a 13th june 1990 lat 00000 long 106 31.8 appeared in the royal domain upon HMAS PERTH
was found qualified to be numbered as one of our honored shellbacks and was duly initiated into the Solumn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of Shellbacks.

was a great day

mookiemookie · 06-20-08, 12:57 PM

Dad still has his bluenose certificate hanging in the garage.

John W. Hamm · 06-21-08, 02:23 AM

Went on two west packs while with FMF and some how never made across that damn line.

Snarf · 03-07-14, 07:13 PM

2009 off the coast of Kenya
I know it's an old thread, but any more recent encounters with King Neptune or King Boreas?

06-18-08, 07:50 AM	#1
groomsie Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stoughton, WI Posts: 140 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Once in 1993 Crossed aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) on way back from Arabian Gulf (by way of Bali, Indonesia).

06-19-08, 05:41 PM	#3
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Shellback..........crossed the line in Summer of '69.........On board the USS Segundo (SS398).......Motto......"Second to None"............ __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

06-20-08, 12:57 PM	#5
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Dad still has his bluenose certificate hanging in the garage. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

06-21-08, 02:23 AM	#6
John W. Hamm Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Timbuktoo Posts: 331 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Went on two west packs while with FMF and some how never made across that damn line. __________________ Elvis has left the building

03-07-14, 07:13 PM	#7
Snarf Officer Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: USS Tuna out of Pearl Harbor Posts: 243 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 10	2009 off the coast of Kenya I know it's an old thread, but any more recent encounters with King Neptune or King Boreas? __________________ "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" -David Farragut (probably repeated by many WWII sub skippers)

06-18-08, 04:19 PM	#2
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Since '72...

06-20-08, 09:41 AM	#4
anzacmick Helmsman Join Date: May 2003 Location: australia Posts: 101 Downloads: 134 Uploads: 0	I once upon a 13th june 1990 lat 00000 long 106 31.8 appeared in the royal domain upon HMAS PERTH was found qualified to be numbered as one of our honored shellbacks and was duly initiated into the Solumn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of Shellbacks. was a great day