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02-10-2018, 12:29 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 62
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Shell back
Shell Back or Pollywog?
If you are a shell back you know what that question means. I got mine aboard the USS Essex CVA-9 when we crossed in 1958 south of Celon on our way to Capetown S.A.
There are probably quite few shell backs on here , but I'm kind of unique since I'm a retired USAF Msgt. .
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Old Hunter
Retired from the USAF in 1979,
Build porch swings to stay busy when not hunting.
Cherokee 264 DBH
Ram 1500 double cab TV.
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02-11-2018, 06:50 AM
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Road Trippin
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Pismo Beach, Ca
Posts: 161
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I'm a double shell back. Crossed over on the USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) in 1998 and then again in 2001. Good times. They really made us go through hell to earn it.
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02-11-2018, 09:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 1,271
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Shell back
Blue nose was hell as well. But after being in a sub for 6 months it did break up the monotony. Think I still have a photo around somewhere after the Prussian blue, flour, and taking the truth serum (yuck) [emoji23]
Missed the equator that they did after I transferred or would have had both.
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2014 3051S - First RV for us
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02-25-2018, 03:33 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 22
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Pollywog Spent my short time building USS Nimitz CVN68. Only sea time was REPTRA and Shakedown. After shakedown we went to N.Atlantic. I left in Nov 75.
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02-25-2018, 05:17 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Posts: 504
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Shellback and Bluenose, both on USS Austin within six months of each other in the early 80’s.
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Current: 2022 Keystone Cougar 26RBS
Past: 2020 Rockwood MiniLite 2205S
Past: 2018 Flagstaff MicroLite 21FBRS
Past: 2005 Flagstaff Classic 625D
TV: 2016 Ford F-150 3.5 EcoBoost
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02-26-2018, 12:43 PM
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(Dry Huunday)
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eastern North Carolina
Posts: 2,298
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Shellback. Multiple times over.
USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) 1987 enroute to Mombasa before heading to Diego Garcia to offload the grunts and most of our helicopters to pick up 4 MH-53E minesweepers to clear the shipping lanes in the Gulf.
USS Wasp (LHD-1) 1993 - Operation Restore Hope/Continue Hope steaming back and forth between Mogadishu and Kismayo almost weekly for 3 months
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FurKid Express
2015 Coachmen Catalina 303RLS
2016 Chevy Silverado LT 2500HD Duramax
The more people I meet, the more I like my dogs!
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02-26-2018, 01:01 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posts: 942
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First on the USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) in '86, second on the USS CONSTELLATION (CV 64) in '03.
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2020 Grand Design Imagine XLS 22 MLE aka "Desi"
Past: 2017 Prime Time Tracer Air 206
Days camped 2021: 19
Days camped 2020: 18
Days camped 2019: 17
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02-27-2018, 10:16 PM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 34
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Thank you for your service!
Me, Shellback, December 4,1973, aboard Robert A. Owens DD 827, Atlantic.
My dad, as the certificate reads (I have it), 23 July 1944, USS LST 742, Pacific.
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2003 F-250 7.3L RWD
2009 HD Street Glide
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02-27-2018, 11:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 459
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SHELL BACK ~ crossed over in 1970 onboard U.S.S. Hancock (CVA-19) as a crewmember on #1 Catapult as an ABE, was on our return leg home from Nam.
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04-19-2018, 07:40 PM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: SC Lowcountry
Posts: 1,449
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Shellback
Off the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia 1993, USS Shreveport LPD-12
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John & April & "Scout"
2013 Sabre 32RCTS-6
Nights Camped 2013-(44) 2014-(59) 2015-(47)
2016-(32) 2017-(13) 2018-(20) 2019-0
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04-19-2018, 08:07 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 7
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Golden Shellback
Golden shellback "61 crossed equator at prime meridian enroute to Capetown, SA on board USS Suffolk County LST 1173.
Shellback "63 enroute to Med. on board USS Albany CG10.
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07-03-2018, 02:15 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 23
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Two time Shellback here. Crossed it in 90 on a 6 month wespac to desert storm and again in 93 for a 6 month wespac on USS Nimitz.
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07-03-2018, 03:07 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Marengo Il
Posts: 122
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 Shellback USS California CGN-36 off the west coast of Africa 1980. We were headed around the horn to the Indian Ocean from a Med cruise for the Iranian hostage situation. On that cruise we crossed the equator 6 times. We only did the initiation the first time. The first time almost all the crew were wogs. Not many east coast home ported ships get the chance to cross the equator.
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07-03-2018, 03:54 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posts: 942
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkl
Two time Shellback here. Crossed it in 90 on a 6 month wespac to desert storm and again in 93 for a 6 month wespac on USS Nimitz.
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We did the 93 cruise together. Was with VFA-146.
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2012 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Z71 6.2l aka "Luci"
2020 Grand Design Imagine XLS 22 MLE aka "Desi"
Past: 2017 Prime Time Tracer Air 206
Days camped 2021: 19
Days camped 2020: 18
Days camped 2019: 17
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07-03-2018, 03:57 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chief T
We did the 93 cruise together. Was with VFA-146.
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Nice, were you in Whidbey?
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07-03-2018, 04:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posts: 942
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirkl
Nice, were you in Whidbey?
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Nope, NAS Lemoore. Never made it up to Whidbey.
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2012 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT Z71 6.2l aka "Luci"
2020 Grand Design Imagine XLS 22 MLE aka "Desi"
Past: 2017 Prime Time Tracer Air 206
Days camped 2021: 19
Days camped 2020: 18
Days camped 2019: 17
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08-02-2019, 08:27 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 12
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Golden Shellback
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08-26-2019, 01:51 PM
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Wildcat 375MC
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Omaha Ne
Posts: 20
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June 1968 aboard CVA 31, The Bonnie Dick.
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08-26-2019, 01:55 PM
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waybeck2018
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Central Alabama
Posts: 764
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Navyjuice
Golden Shellback
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Shellback here. 1968
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2012 F-250, 6.7 Super Duty Powerstroke; 2019 291 BR Primetime Tracer,
Days camped in 2018-61
Looking Forward to Completing This Map Soon !
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10-25-2019, 02:30 PM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Lake of the Ozarks
Posts: 77
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Shell Back... USS La Salle AGF-3 Between Yoko and the Gulf. A good time was had by all.... Ha!!
HMCM (SW/FMF) Retired
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