Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) take part in the time-honored 'Crossing the Line' ceremony, in which first-time Equator crossers ('polliwogs') are initiated by veteran 'shellbacks' presided over by Davy Jones, messenger of King Neptune. Captioned 'Davy Jones Comes Aboard' by the photograph's original owner, the image captures a moment of shipboard morale and tradition from the carrier's postwar cruises. Project: 218371