Plank Owner Certificate to Admiral Arleigh Burke From USS Barry
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| [banner] Plank Owner To all sailors wherever ye may be: and to all Salts, Sea Lawyers, Swabs, Land Lubbers, Square-knot Admirals, Gun Deckers, and all the Other Assorted Scavengers of the Seven Seas Greetings: And Be It Known: By all ye earthly mortals and others who may be distinguished and honored by his presence That Admiral Arleigh A. Burke was an honored member of the first and most illustrious Navy crew which distinguished itself forever when it Commissioned the Good Ship USS Barry DD-933 And, therefore, for this Good and Sufficient Reason, He is entitled by the laws of the sea, to all the rights and privileges of a Plank Owner Be it further understood: That he is entitled also to a clear, free, open and unencumbered title to a single plank in the deck of the aforementioned illustrious ship This Final, Accurate Selection Will Be Made In Order Of Seniority according to the treasured, honroable records contained in Davey Jone's Log Book Disobey These Orders Under Extreme Penalty Of My Displeasure Commissioned 7 September 1956 [signed] I.C. Kidd Commanding Commander U.S. Navy |
