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To: mandaladon

It isn’t just a Royal navy Tradition.

In WW2 when a sub returned to port it flew a Jolly Roger if it had sunk an enemy vessel.

16 posted on 09/14/2017 7:18:32 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)

To: Fai Mao

US subs flew a broom if they’d scored kills/had a successful “sweep”.

70 posted on 09/14/2017 9:03:24 AM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)

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