Western Pacific - Indian Ocean Deployment - 1979: Underway: Shellback Initiation - Pollywog Rich P. White
Photograph provided by Rich P. White
Rich P. White undergoes his transformation from Pollywog to Shellback while Greg Blake, QM3(SS) looks on. Most of the crew were Pollywogs as this was the boats first trip across the Equator. Rich later became the Royal Baby of King Neptune during the next years initiation.
