This scrapbook page from 1938 documents two very different sides of shipboard life aboard USS Trenton: the lighthearted 'Crossing the Line' ceremony, a long-standing naval tradition initiating first-time equator-crossers ('Pollywogs') into the ranks of 'Shellbacks' through costumed revelry, and the more mundane realities of ship's husbandry, including dry-docking and hull cleaning. The caption 'Shellbacks of Mighty T' affectionately nicknames the ship, while candid photographs of costumed sailors and dockyard maintenance work together to illustrate both the camaraderie and labor that defined life aboard a US Navy cruiser in the final years before World War II. Project: 218720