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09-14-17, 11:53 AM | #1 |
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Mission Success
Seawolf class Jimmi Carter has returned to base in Washing state twice now flying the jolly roger. Speculated this represents a successful covert mission.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/14...eculation.html -Pv- Last edited by -Pv-; 09-14-17 at 01:42 PM. |
09-14-17, 01:37 PM | #2 |
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Interesting article. Thanks Pv
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09-14-17, 06:39 PM | #3 |
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Bah! They picked a full load of peanuts.
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09-14-17, 11:08 PM | #4 |
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09-15-17, 08:05 AM | #5 |
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My apologies to the Navy folks. Because of history I just imagined a mechanical arm hovering over a field of peanuts deep in the ocean. I did restrain from mentioning "Billy Beer".
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09-21-17, 02:57 PM | #6 |
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The speculation is about what the mission was, coming into port flying the skull and crossbones after a successful mission is an old submarine tradition dating back to WWI -- somebody in the British government made a speech equating German u-boats with pirates, the British submariners said "oh, we're pirates, are we?" and ran with it, and the tradition spread to the USN.
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