Photo #: NH 104513-A
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5)
Members of King Neptune's Court minister to a Pollywog, during
an Equator crossing ceremony in October 1919, while the ship
was en route to the western Pacific.
The Pollywog is seated on a catapult, which will soon hurl him
into the dunking tank to receive the attentions of waiting Shellbacks.
Photo from the 1909-1924 album of Vice Admiral Olaf M. Hustvedt,
USN (Retired), who was a Midshipman in USS West Virginia
at the time this image was made. Courtesy of Rick Hauck, 2006.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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