Photo #: NH 104513-B
USS West Virginia (Armored Cruiser # 5)
A catapult hurls a Pollywog backwards into the dunking tank,
where he will receive the attentions of waiting Shellbacks, during
an Equator crossing ceremony in October 1919, while the ship
was en route to the western Pacific.
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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