Posted on 09/18/2017 9:31:40 AM PDT by Rebelbase
[snip] An image posted to a Pentagon media site and tweeted by Scottish journalist Ian Keddie shows the USS Jimmy Carter, a Seawolf-class nuclear-powered submarine, returning to her home port in Washington Tuesday flying the American flag alongside the unmistakable pirate skull and crossed bones, known as the Jolly Roger.
The 450-foot-long vessel is one of three in its class and is specially modified to conduct some of America’s most covert underwater operations. That fact alone — as Keddie points out — makes the appearance of the black and white flag significant. The Carter, according to photos posted in April, also flew the Jolly Roger returning from its last patrol.
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Tomorrow is "Talk Like A Pirate Day"?
Aye! Matey!
Shiver me timbers!
Lyrics:
The fog’s liftin’
And the sand’s shiftin’
And I’m driftin’ on out
And Ol’ Captain Ahab…
Full lyrics on Google Play Music
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: The Heart of Saturday Night
Released: 1974
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