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Photo # NH 98013:  Equator crossing certificate, 1925

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Farragut (DD-300), 1920-1930 --
Equator Crossing Ceremonies


This page features views related to Equator crossing ceremonies on board USS Farragut (DD-300).

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  • USS Farragut (DD-300), 1920-1930.


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    Photo #: NH 98013

    Neptune Certificate


    Commemorating the crossing of the Equator by Albert Chamberlain, while he was serving as a crew member on board USS Farragut (DD-300), 7 August 1925.

    From the Albert Chamberlain photo album, donated by Colonel Carl Mahakian, USMCR, 1975.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 153KB; 690 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64686

    USS Farragut (DD-300)


    Welcoming King Neptune and his Court on board the ship, at the beginning of a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64684

    USS Farragut (DD-300)


    King Neptune and members of his Court on the ship's foredeck, during a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64681

    USS Farragut (DD-300)


    Dunking chair used by the Royal Barber to "shave" pollywogs during a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928.
    Note the Royal Barber's oversize razor in the lower right.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 54KB; 440 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64682

    USS Farragut (DD-300)


    The Royal Barber "shaving" a pollywog, prior to dumping him in a pool of water, during a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64683

    USS Farragut (DD-300)


    Running the gauntlet of King Neptune's Court, on the ship's foredeck during a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 64685

    USS Farragut (DD-300)


    An officer pollywog in the stocks, during a mid-Pacific Equator crossing ceremony, July 1928.

    Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1967.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     

    For more images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Farragut (DD-300), 1920-1930.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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