USS Kidd's pirate flag

[dragon53]

LINK: https://gcaptain.com/uss-kidd-arrives-i ... rate-flag/

[Mr. Church]

Interesting story. I had heard of submarines flying The Jolly Roger before but not a surface ship.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/milita ... my-carter/

[Admiral John Byng]

British submarines flew the Jolly Roger because they were labelled as pirates by the old guard who commanded battleships. I am not sure I would have disagreed in those days, but, in the same way that I do not care much for spies, I suppose the subs had to be.