11, flying pirate colors beside the national ensign. And everybody’s got theories on why this secret-squirrel submarine has gone all Captain Jack Sparrow. Here’s the background: USS Jimmy ...

They say it also grew out of pragmatism: Pirates needed competent, hard-working deck hands, regardless of skin color. Arguably the most "successful" pirate ever was Laurens de Graf, who was one of ...

At first glance, it seems that the Pirates just switched from vests to sleeves, changed their cap color and tweaked their stirrup stripes. But the changes were far more revolutionary than that.