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86 photos and 1 illustration tagged crossingthelineceremony, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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• crossingtheline
• ship
• unitedstatesnavy
• usnavy
• usn
• warship
• aircraftcarrier
• aviation
• navalaviation
• ussenterprise
• robertmesser
• ussenterprisecv6
• cv6
• yorktownclass
• flightdeck
• shellback
• kingneptune
• ussconcordcl10
• ussconcord
• cl10
• omahaclass
• cruiser
• lightcruiser
• pollywog

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• SDASM Archives 82 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• Liberas 2 photos & illustrations

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AL_005C_042_USS Saratoga during crossing the line ceremony

from SDASM Archives

• Paul said:

  One of the sailors has burst!!

• Ken Shanaberger said:

  That's quite a wind up on the paddle!

VB-102 First Tour_000275

from SDASM Archives

• campcounts said:

  I first learned about this initiation ritual from a coworker. So cool! Didn't know they had certificates. I wish I had one of these for my Grandfather. Did they do this initiation back in 1938 or 1939?

AL_005C_033_USS Saratoga during crossing the line ceremony

from SDASM Archives

• Paul said:

  The line that divides good sartorial decisions from the tasteless by any chance? Great shot!