Navyfags, we know that's not the USS NoName but
what are the 3 flags in the middle?
Moar messaging in the fake news WSJ photo?
I want to communicate with you
<3 flags
Third sub
A complete signal may comprise one or many flags. A limited number of flags can be accommodated on a single halyard, so a complete signal may take more than one halyard, but it is also possible to have more than one signal in a single hoist. One halyard of flags, whether a single flag or many, is called a hoist. When a signal must be broken into multiple hoists, it must be divided at such a point that the meaning is not changed. A complete signal or group of signals – whether on one hoist or on two or more adjacent hoists flying at the same time – is called a display. When displays of more than one hoist are raised, the separate hoists are run up, one by one, in the order they are to be read. A hoist of flags is always read from the top down; when multiple hoists are displayed, the signal is read top down, outboard to inboard, and from forward to aft. As a rule, a signal too long to be shown completely on three halyards is made into two or more displays. When two or more displays are used, the heading (the initial part of the signal) must be hoisted on a separate halyard and kept flying while successive displays are made. When several hoists are displayed simultaneously from different points, they are read in the following order: (1) masthead; (2) triatic stay (a line run between masts or from masthead to stack, etc.); (3) starboard yardarm; (4) port yardarm. Signals hoisted at yardarms of different heights are read beginning with the tallest.