Who's Got One?

[Canon Shooter]

This is only going to be pertinent to a select group of people, but who else has one of these?

Getting close to 40 years and I still have this thing. This is the card. I have no idea where the certificate is.

Anyone else have one of these?

 

[harmonica]

..it's a ShellBack certificate --for crossing the Equator at Sea --it says it right there
......when we crossed it, they throw rotten food at you, make you crawl on the deck, etc etc ....all kinds of stupid shit......I wasn't letting anyone treat me like that --like a college idiot
...so the Lt gave me a bad mark in my record for not participating - bastard !!!! stupid shit

 

[harmonica]

I crossed the Equator 4 times

 

[harmonica]

Canon Shooter how would you not know what it is??..it's like an all day event on ship --and doesn't happen often

 

[Likkmee]

It's like a jingle but made of paper ? 40 years aint bad. I still have a title to a 1971 Chevelle SS I totalled.
Damn good paper !

 

[Canon Shooter]

..it's a ShellBack certificate --for crossing the Equator at Sea --it says it right there

Right.

Nowhere do I ask if anyone knows what it is...

......when we crossed it, they throw rotten food at you, make you crawl on the deck, etc etc ....all kinds of stupid shit......I wasn't letting anyone treat me like that --like a college idiot
...so the Lt gave me a bad mark in my record for not participating - bastard !!!! stupid shit

You not participating shouldn't have been reflected in an eval.

The guys who didn't participate got to stand watch for that entire day...

 

[Canon Shooter]

Canon Shooter how would you not know what it is??..it's like an all day event on ship --and doesn't happen often

Again, I never stated that I didn't know what it was.

Why do you think otherwise?

 

[Concerned American]

This is only going to be pertinent to a select group of people, but who else has one of these?

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Getting close to 40 years and I still have this thing. This is the card. I have no idea where the certificate is.

Anyone else have one of these?

Nope, I've never crossed or met King Neptune (fortunately LOL). Semper Fi Shellback!

 

[Canon Shooter]

I crossed the Equator 4 times

What year did your ship last cross the line? My last time was '97, and I was getting the impression it was falling out of favor even then...

 

[Auld Phart]

This is only going to be pertinent to a select group of people, but who else has one of these?

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Getting close to 40 years and I still have this thing. This is the card. I have no idea where the certificate is.

Anyone else have one of these?

Mine will be 50 next year

 

[Canon Shooter]

Mine will be 50 next year

Wow, very cool...

 

[harmonica]

Canon Shooter this is your OP
''''''''I have no idea where the certificate is.'''''''''!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Canon Shooter]

Canon Shooter this is your OP
''''''''I have no idea where the certificate is.'''''''''!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I don't.

What's pictured is a photo of the card I carried in my wallet.

Read the sentence right before "I have no idea where the certificate is."

 

[Canon Shooter]

It's like a jingle but made of paper ? 40 years aint bad. I still have a title to a 1971 Chevelle SS I totalled.
Damn good paper !

I still have the original sales receipt for the 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II my Dad bought, brand new, from a dealer in Huntington, New York...

 

[harmonica]

USMC ......crossed in 88' and 89' on the LSTs '...total on 3 classes of ships......Med cruise with the USS Inchon 87'........USS Nassau off Colombia when the POTUS went there 90'...green dots represent liberty...red = exercises...I think I did not mark all of the places I've been
South America 2 times

 

[Canon Shooter]

USMC ......crossed in 88' and 89' on the LSTs '...total on 3 classes of ships......Med cruise with the USS Inchon 87'........USS Nassau off Colombia when the POTUS went there 90'...green dots represent liberty...red = exercises...I think I did not mark all of the places I've been
South America 2 times
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Were you primarily an east coast sailor?

I went through the Panama Canal twice, but never around the Horn. That would've been cool...

 

[harmonica]

Canon Shooter USMC!! ..been on more ships than some sailors, because they usually stay on the same ship

 

[harmonica]

Canon Shooter USMC per post # 15

 

[the watcher]

Me I have one.

 

[Canon Shooter]

Canon Shooter USMC!! ..been on more ships than some sailors, because they usually stay on the same ship

In 20 years I was on eight different ships. Four of them, though, were minesweepers, and transfers between those were normally done via TAD and not PCS...