Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides

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Caption     Crossing the Line certificate issued to LtCdr Francis N Gilreath, Trusty Shellback, who crossed the line aboard USS Essex 26 Oct 1943 while en route from Pearl Harbor to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Pacific Ocean
Date 26 Oct 1943
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation FN Gilreath Collection
 
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Photos on Same Day 26 Oct 1943
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 3,079 x 2,172 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
23 Jun 2015 08:59:44 PM

Note that the certificate indicates the crossing occurred at Longitude 171 degrees, 26 minutes but the Essex logs list the crossing at Longitude 170 degrees, 56.5 minutes, a minor difference of only about 35 miles.

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WW2-Era Location Name:
Pacific Ocean

Latitude-Longitude:
0.0000, 171.4333

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