CERTIFICATES of the SEA

Ceremonial Certificates

Plank Owner - Commemorating the commissioning of a ship, installation, or squadron
Neptune - Commemorating the crossing of the  Equator
Golden Dragon - Commemorating the crossing of the 180th Meridian (International Dateline)
Golden Shellback - Commemorating the crossing of the Equator at the 180th Meridian
Arctic Circle - Commemorating the crossing of the Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle - Commemorating the crossing of the Antarctic Circle
Icelandic Domain - Commemorating service in Iceland
Round the World - Commemorating going around the world
Decommissioning - Commemorating the decommissioning of a ship, installation, or squadron
Recommissioning - Commemorating the recommissioning of a ship, installation, or squadron
Order of the Square Rigger – Commemorating service on the USCG Bark Eagle
Panama Canal - Commemorating transit through the Panama Canal
Suez Canal - Commemorating transit through the Suez Canal
Action Certificates
World War II - Commemorating service in World War II
Korean War - Commemorating service in the Korean War
Vietnam War - Commemorating service in the Vietnam War
Gulf  War - Commemorating service in the Gulf War
Specific Action – Commemorating service in various military deployments or actions
REVIEW service record for documentation of event.  This could be an entire page (with sketch) or a brief notation in the service record book.  Furnish the requester documentation and advise him to write:
Certificate Service
U.S. Naval Institute
Annapolis, MD, 21402
If you have a Sea Certificate order form, you may send it to requester as a courtesy.

Source:  NPRC 1865.69 was formerly the source for this information, however, it was cancelled and no other NPRC memorandum covers it.  The instructions shown here were created using other material available from the Navy Reference Branch.