Keywords: Crossing the Line Ceremony, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) on 16 May 2008.JPG U S Sailors and Marines participate in a crossing the line ceremony aboard USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 as the ship passes the equator May 16 2008 It has been a long naval tradition to initiate pollywogs Sailors who have never crossed the Equator into the Kingdom of Neptune the legendary god of the seas upon their first crossing of the Equator U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Scott Curtis/Released https //dams defenseimagery mil/defenselink/assetcolcreate action name previewcol id fdfd9eef40b5072af24307b3f552bfaed59b5e67 scope request nextpage /vims_dlink_preview jsp 2008-05-13 Chief Mass Communication Specialist Scott Curtis U S Navy Public Domain U S Navy Image PD-USGov-Military-Navy original upload log en wikipedia Sreejithk2000 CommonsHelper page en wikipedia Crossing_the_Line_Ceremony 2C_USS_Blue_Ridge_ 28LCC_19 29_on_16_May_2008 JPG 2008-05-21 19 03 Signaleer 3872×2592× 850402 bytes <nowiki> U S Sailors and Marines participate in a crossing the line ceremony aboard USS Blue Ridge LCC 19 as the ship passes the equator May 16 2008 It has been a long naval tradition to initiate pollywogs Sailors who have never cr</nowiki> May 2008 People of the United States in 2008 Line-crossing ceremonies Aboard USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 Ceremonies of the United States Navy |