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Bronner, Simon J. 2006. Crossing the Line: Violence, Play, and Drama in Naval Equator Traditions. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

U.S. Department of the Navy. 2012. CNIC Instruction 1610.2a. GUIDANCE ON THE CONDUCT OF CEREMONIES, CUSTOMS, AND TRADITIONS. Washington, DC. https://www.cnic.navy.mil/search.html?q=daps&start=0

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Images

Header:

Library of Congress. 1943. Neptune’s Court. https://maint.loc.gov/index.html

History:

Naval History and Heritage Command. 2017. The Royal Works: U.S.S. Lexington. [Crossing the Line 1936]. Naval History and Heritage Command. Washington, DC. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/r/royal-works-uss-lexington-crossing-line-1936.html

Rituals:

Today’s Navy:

Wikimedia Commons contributors. 2010. "File:US Navy 100627-N-5319A-140 Lt. Matthew Adamo, Ensign Christopher Feldman, and Lt. Jonathan Levenson participate in the Crossing the Line ceremony aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18).jpg," Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:US_Navy_100627-N-5319A-140_Lt._Matthew_Adamo,_Ensign_Christopher_Feldman,_and_Lt._Jonathan_Levenson_participate_in_the_Crossing_the_Line_ceremony_aboard_the_amphibious_transport_dock_ship_USS_New_Orleans_(LPD_18).jpg&oldid=157585649

USS John C. Stennis

Faram, Mark D. 2019. “What’s Next for the Carrier John C. Stennis?” NavyTimes. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/17/whats-next-for-the-carrier-john-c-stennis/

Videos

Video clip 1

rcompton43. 2008. “Wog Day Afternoon.” YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyfJzM1hnto

Video clip 2

Nuclear Vault. 2010. “Neptune’s Realm-The Bizarre U.S. Navy Equator Initiation Ritual. YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-lPQyQc5s

Video clip 3

British Pathé. 2014. “Crossing the Line AKA The Equator-HMS Hood (1922). YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXM_krdobJ4