ORIGINAL 1943 \"IMPERIVM NEPTVNI REGIS\" DOCUMENT USED TO COMMEMORATE A SAILOR\'S FIRST CROSSING OF THE EQUATOR. IT ORIGINATES FROM THE FIRST USS HALEAKALA IN WWII. THE HALEAKALA WAS A PASSENGER STEAMER BUILT BY SUN SHIPBUILDING CO., CHESTER PA IN 1923 FOR THE INTER-ISLAND STEAM NAVIGATION CO., HONOLULU. IN 1941 IT WASUSED BY THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO SUPPLY ISLAND AIR BASES AND TRANSPORT TROOPS IN THE PACIFIC. HARBOR RECORDS STATE THE SHIP WAS IN PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 8, 1941 THE DAY OF ATTACK. NOTE THE ORIGINAL \"TENTH CONSTRUCTION BATTALION SEAL\" AFFIXED TO THIS DOCUMENT. IT MAKES THIS DOCUMENT EXTREMELY RARE. THIS HALEAKALA SHIP THEN LED TO THE COMMISSION OF THE USS HALEAKALA AE-25 NITRO CLASS AMMUNITION SHIP IN 1959. THE DOCUMENT AND ITS FRAME HAS SOME WEAR BUT THE CONDITION IS STILL GOOD. I WILL NOT REMOVE THE DOCUMENT FROM THE FRAME.

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