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 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 ...

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 ...

Pirates did the same thing, but perhaps purposely misidentified themselves so those aboard ... ‘Jolly Roger’ flags have a long history. May 28, 2013 May 28, 2013 Updated May 28, 2013; 0; ...

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 use of the Jolly Roger on a submarine can be traced back to the submarines of the Royal Navy, who first used the flag in 1914 during World War I. Lieutenant Commander Max Horton commanded HMS ...

There have been a number of different explanations of the origin of the most famous of the pirates’ flags: the ‘skull and cross bones’, which was first used around the year 1700. In the book Socialism ...

One of the United States' most advanced nuclear submarines returned to port in Washington state this week flying a Jolly Roger, a move steeped in maritime lore and mystery.

Care worker Maria Lambert, of Foulden in Norfolk, said Breckland Council told her to remove the 5ft Jolly Roger pirate flag she put up in her garden after a complaint was made on August 24.

THE weekend saw Malahide invaded by a fleet of marauding pirates with the dreaded skull and cross-bones Jolly Roger flag flying from their masts.But if you live in the seaside village, there was ...