The following links tell the story in pictures, of the USS Helena CA-75 crossing the Equator on 26 April 1960.
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(pictures are from the 1959-1960 Helena cruise book)

CROSSING THE LINE

the offenses are read

revolt of the pollywogs

one-day volunteers for the medical department

that wasn't so bad, now, was it?