IMPERIVM NEPTVNI REGIS - To all Sailors wherever ye may be: and to all MERMAIDS, WHALES, SEA SERPENTS PORPOSIS, SHARKS, DOLPHINS, ELLS, SKATES, SUCKERS, CRABS, LOBSTERS AND ALL OTHER LIVING THINGS OF THE SEA. GREETING, Know ye.....
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  • Walter Rothermund September 16, 2012 at 10:47pm

    Actually, the Ranger is at Puget Sound N.S.  THe old gal will be making its way to Fairhaven, Oregon to become a museum.  I think the opening is scheduled for May 2014.  http://www.ussranger.org

  • David B. Mustard September 16, 2012 at 10:39pm

    Peter, sorry that USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31 was scrapped in 1992 at the San Pedro shipyards in California.  The carriers mothballed up there now are the Ranger, Indy, Kitty Hawk and Connie. 

  • Peter D. Lister September 16, 2012 at 10:33pm

    Richard - I think "Frenchie" rings a bell, but remember, that was 44 years ago. I was so young then, I hadn't even developed common sense.

    I got an invitation to the decommissioning, when Bonnie Dick retired, but I was flying in a VP outfit by then and we were deployed to Rota, so I couldn't go. I think she's still in Bremerton. Anybody know for sure?

  • Walter Rothermund September 16, 2012 at 8:48pm

    Richard,

    Negative regarding "Frenchie."  I was a BT on the USS Ranger and didn't get to know any of the non-engineering folks.

  • Richard C. Cox September 16, 2012 at 8:42pm

    to Peter D. Lister:  I first crossed the equator on the Bon Homme Richard at the same time you did.  By the way, Did you know AO1 "Frenchie"? (real name Lachappelle)

  • Walter Rothermund September 16, 2012 at 12:50pm

    I crossed the line on 7-July-1976 @ 105 Deg 57 Min 5 Sec.  I guess you could say crossing the equator was my bicentennial celebration.  I spent 4-July-1976 in port steaming in Singapore.  I would have to say, enduring the line crossing ceremony was one of the most unique experiences of my life.  I guess that's what happens when you let 5,800, 20 somethings execute a time honored tradition.

    That Shellback Rum sure does look inviting. 

  • David Carter September 16, 2012 at 12:49am

    This is fantastic and Great. To bad they could not issue this when we became ShellBacks. I have the Coca Cola right now. Have a Great Day.

  • David B. Mustard September 16, 2012 at 12:24am

    Found this for sale.  I think one should present their Shellback card upon purchase.  No wogs allowed.

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  • JEBooker July 16, 2012 at 12:51am

    Crossed in 1989 aboard USS Camden(AOE-2)...then several times after.

    Barking for Flipper, "Setting Yoke", playing "Wog-Pong"...ah, memories!

  • Peter D. Lister July 15, 2012 at 7:10pm

    AO3 Pete Lister - Crossed aboard Bon Homme Richard, WG Division, bomb elevator maintenace crew, after leaving Singapore, summer of '68. Don't recall the exact date. I'll have to check with Tiffany Publishing.

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