1. Each sailor represents a famous person who uses a first or middle initial. Those initials are what’s showing semaphore.
2. The other parts of the famous person’s name are shown below. One name is written out, and one name is represented by an image. But each image is actually off by one letter.
3. So, for example, the first sailor is showing a T. Combine the T with GAMES and KIRK and you get GAMES T. KIRK, one letter off from JAMES T. KIRK. The changed letter is a J.
4. In order, the names are JAMES T. KIRK, MICHAEL J. FOX, HUNTER S. THOMPSON, L. RON HUBBARD, PHILIP K. DICK, JOHNNY B. GOODE and WILE E. COYOTE.
5. If you extract the letter that’s different between the names and the pictures, in order, you get JOHN DOE.