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Related Resources: Crossing the Line, Plank Owner and Other Unofficial Certificates Acquired by Naval Personnel
The certificates and cards Sailors
receive as mementos for crossing the Equator or the Arctic Circle
or for being plankowners are purchased by the individual command
from various printers. These are NOT official documents.
Copies would have to be obtained from one of the various printers
listed below.
Non Government Sources:
Note: Distribution of this information by the Department
of the Navy does not constitute endorsement by the Department
of the Navy of the information or services from the firms, and
organizations listed hereafter. This information is provided for
informational purposes only.
Tiffany Publishing Company
200 W. 22nd Street
Norfolk, VA 23517
(757) 622-2915
(757) 627-1898 FAX
e-mail: info@tiffanypublishing.com
Website: http://www.tiffanypublishing.com
Certificates,
U.S. Naval Institute
291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5034
(410) 295-1053
e-mail: certificates@usni.org
If your firm or organization wants to be considered for
inclusion in the above listing, please supply a written description
of your services and products to the Website Committee at the
Naval Historical Center.