This simply means that First Mate and Vice Captain mean the same thing and are interchangeable terms. The Straw Hat Pirates do not have a First Mate, unlike the Roger Pirates or the Red Hair Pirates.

10 Winona-area kids wearing sailor hats waited for the big moment. The moment when the Winona Steamboat Days committee would announce which of them was this year’s Captain and First Mate.

The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has fired the captain and the first mate of the ferry LeConte, which was grounded on a reef in Peril Strait last month. The agency in ...

"Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro acts as the vice-captain of the Strawhat Pirates everytime the need arises (Image via Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, One Piece) Likewise, the recently released chapter is just ...

He's thankful but mourns the death of his first mate. — -- Edward Potter, shaken to the core after his harrowing hourslong experience on a lifeboat during Hurricane Irma, returned to dry land ...

Dog may be a man’s best friend, but this lobster boat captain found a unique first mate in a seagull. Red Eye, as she was known because of the distinct red markings on her eye, regularly joined ...