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Shellback / Order of the Blue Nose
Sailors who crossed the Equator & International Date Line
at the Same Time
Latitude = 0 Deg 0' 0"   Longitude = 180 Deg 0' 0"
Membership includes:

Robert Adler GMSN

Sailors who have crossed the Equator

Latitude = 0 Deg. 0' 0"  -  Longitude =  Classified

Membership includes:

Bill Anderson  LCDR (SS) X4

Grant Day STS2 (SS)  X4  3 Sept 1970

Jim Alfaro (SS)  X3

John J. Mackin CDR  (SS)  X2

Joseph F. McGowan EM2 (SS)   8 Feb 1956

Dennis Evick  TM2(SS)     5 Nov 1974


Sailors who have Sailed North of the Artic Circle
Latitude: 66 Degrees 32'  33" North       Longitude: classified

Membership Includes:

Bill Anderson  LCDR (SS)  X4

Larry Neth   CTTC(SS)  X7

Bruce Weller  MM3(SS)  X3

Robert Adler MT1 (SS) X13

Jeff Mosal ET2(SS) x5

Jim Alfaro   x1

John J. Mackin  CDR  (SS)  X4

Domain of the Antartic

Latitude: -66° 33' 59.99" S         

Membership Includes:

Jeff Mosal ET2(SS)    67 deg. 27 ' W. Long.

 Order of Magellan

Sailors who have circumnavigated the Earth

membership includes:

Jim Alfaro    X1

John J. Mackin  CDR  (SS)  X2

The Order of the Ditch

Sailors who have passed thru the Panama Canal

membership includes:

Bill Anderson LCDR (SS) X6

Jim Alfaro    X1

Robert Adler  MT1 (SS)

John J. Mackin  CDR (SS)  X2

Jack Rohs  EM1 (SS)

The Order of the Spanish Main

Sailors who have sailed in the Caribbean

membership Includes:

Jim Alfaro    X1

Robert Adler MT3 (SS)

John J. Mackin  CDR (SS)  X8

Bill Anderson LCDR (SS) X1

Bruce Marsden RM3(SS)

Don Price LT (SS) X1

Larry Neth  CTT1 (SS) X2 



The Order of the Rock

Sailors who have passed thru the Straits of Gibraltar

membership includes:

Robert Adler  MT3 (SS)

John J. Mackin  LCDR (SS)  X3

Bruce Marsden RM3 (SS)

Don Price  LT (SS)  X3

Order of the Golden Dragon

Sailors who have sailed across the International Date line

membership includes:

John J. Mackin  CDR (SS)  X2

Bill Anderson LCDR (SS)  X4

Bruce Marsden RM3 (SS)

Dave Linker EM1 (SS)


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