Since the early 18th century, one symbol has spelled terror for sailors the world over like no other. Although it most ...

It's the year 1715. At sea. Somewhere near the Bahamas. Out from the waves, a vessel appears. It hoists a black flag, with an insignia of a white skull above two crossed bones. Pirates. For a long ...

The U.S. Navy has its Jolly Roger traditions, too — from the famously named 103rd Fighter Squadron, to its shellback ceremonies, to the USS Kidd’s longtime authorization to fly the flag (yes ...

‘Jolly Roger’ flags have a long history ‘Jolly Roger’ flags have a long history. May 28, 2013 May 28, 2013 Updated May 28, 2013; 0; Facebook; Twitter; WhatsApp; SMS; Email; Facebook; ...

The original Jolly Roger 02:18. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Jolly Roger flags have become commonplace throughout PNC Park during baseball season. But who started it all?

The guided missile destroyer USS Kidd flies the Jolly Roger pirate flag. Not every warship can get away with that, but the USS Kidd isn't any ordinary warship.

The personnel of the British submarine HMS Utmost showing off their Jolly Roger in February 1942. (Royal Navy/Imperial War Museum) While some of the markings on these pirate flags are self ...

If the Jolly Roger is outlawed under the new Defense Department policy, it’s likely other unofficial flags will also end up banished from military installations, including two of our favorites ...

Jolly Roger flag flown atop Second World War submarine resurfaces - four decades after it went missing Gordon Brown, 66, of Gosport, Hants, found the flag, which belonged to the HMS Tantalus in ...

A rare 'Jolly Roger' flag displayed on Royal Navy submarine HMS Unbroken, which hunted Nazi ships in the Mediterranean during World War Two, is now on sale for £10,000.