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Offline Grnrngr

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Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« on: July 12, 2010, 12:34:35 PM »
Seems we have more than a few sailors here...anyone else a Trusty Shellback? International Order of the Golden Dragon?  and there's another one I'm not allowed to talk about unless someone else asks me......
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 12:45:52 PM »
I'll be a Shellback and the order of the Ditch in a few months  ;D
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 01:16:49 PM »
I'll buy ya a beer when ya get back.. :)
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 01:34:52 PM »
I became a Trusty Shellback while serving aboard the USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) back in 1982.  ;D

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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2010, 01:49:56 PM »
Had a warrant that just left the boat that had:
The ditch
Red and blue nose
Golden shellback
Lakes
and Golden Dragon
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2010, 08:58:08 PM »
shellback, USS Essex LHD 2, westpac 94'-95' (USMC)

 whats a golden shellback? i forgot
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2010, 10:34:47 PM »
A person who has crossed the Equator at the 180th meridian (International Date Line).


The rarest Shellback status is that of the Emerald Shellback (USA), or Royal Diamond Shellback (Commonwealth), which is received after crossing the Equator at the Prime Meridian
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 02:40:49 PM »
Shellback & Golden Dragon here.
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Quote from: grnrngr on July 12, 2010, 12:34:35 PM
there's another one I'm not allowed to talk about unless someone else asks me......

The Mile High club?  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2010, 03:06:08 PM »
heh...no, haven't made that one yet...

Flew across the dateline when I was 7 on my way to Okinawa with my parents, came back when I was 10 aboard the USS Breckinridge..kinda doesn't count when yer a kid tho..

Crossed the Equator and Dateline (seperately) in '73 on the CA Maritime Academy training ship "Golden Bear" (ex-Del Orleans/ USS Crescent City)
Went thru the ditch in '75 on the same ship, spent a week anchored on the Atlantic side because the snipes forgot to jack the shaft during transit, shaft warped, broke some blades off the turbine...definitely an educational experience!!

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Re: Any Trusty Shellbacks out there?
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2010, 03:54:17 PM »
White Beach Okinawa was the Admiral's staff's home port. Spent Christmas there one year  :o  instead of Subic. What the hell were they thinking? Stupid management!
When you're a young man, Okinawa BAD... Subic REALLY GOOD  ;D
Those who were ever there understand.  ::) Musta been the grilled monkey meat on a stick...
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