USS GARY, At Sea -- Seventy Sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Gary (FFG-51) went from being a pollywog to becoming a shellback during a ceremony aboard the ship Dec. 28, while ...

There's a long-standing tradition among sailors on U.S. Navy ships when they cross the equator: Those onboard who've already experienced the passage, called shellbacks, perform an elaborate initiation ...

ABOUT 160 sailors and soldiers considered “pollywogs” aboard the Philippine Navy’s flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar undertook the “shellback ceremony” on Saturday as the vessel crossed the equator on ...

Herb Morrow endured a lot during his two years in the Navy toward the end of World War II. Serving on the USS Birmingham, he participated in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and during the latter ...