Mission Success

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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/us-nuclear-sub-returns-flying-pirate-flag-sparking-speculation.html

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[GeneralGamer]

Interesting article. Thanks Pv:salute:

[Delgard]

Bah! They picked a full load of peanuts.

:)

[SiegDerMaus]

Bah! They picked a full load of peanuts.

:)

I wish the forum had a like button just for this post. :rotfl2:

[Delgard]

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".

[chillbro baggins]

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.

:arrgh!:

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Also this boat was operating in the Pacific.
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