Two years later, they became VF-61 and the Jolly Rogers transferred the Skull and Crossbones from the F4U to the F8F Bearcat.

"The Skull and Crossbones first flew in January 1943 on the F4U Corsairs assigned to VF-17, the most lethal Navy fighter squadron of World War II," a Navy press release said.

The U.S. Navy has its Jolly Roger traditions, too — from the famously named 103rd Fighter Squadron, ... But what’s the skull and bones doing on the sail of the Carter?

Flying above Smith, fluttering in the Puget Sound sea breeze, is the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger. On the flag is at least one unidentified symbol. The Jimmy Carter also flew the Jolly ...

There have been a number of different explanations of the origin of the most famous of the pirates’ flags: the ‘skull and cross bones’, which was first used around the year 1700. In the book Socialism ...

When the USS Jimmy Carter sailed into its home port in Washington state in September 2017, it was flying an unusual flag: the distinctive skull and crossbones of a Jolly Roger.

It's the year 1715. At sea. Somewhere near the Bahamas. Out from the waves, a vessel appears. It hoists a black flag, with an insignia of a white skull above two crossed bones. Pirates. For a long ...

Flying a Jolly Roger flag, black with a skull and crossbones (though it appears the bones could be cutlasses instead on this flag) is indicative of a successful mission, but, befitting its ...

Two years later, they became VF-61 and the Jolly Rogers transferred the Skull and Crossbones from the F4U to the F8F Bearcat. The Jolly Rogers later traded in their Bearcats for the Navy’s first ...