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USS Makin crossed the Equator....

history · 26 November 1944 · 80 years ago

USS Makin crossed the Equator. In the line cross ceremony, 800 pollywogs, including Rear Admiral Calvin Durgin and Captain William Whaley, were hazed and initiated by shellbacks who had previously crossed the line. 

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