U.S. NAVY UNIFORM REGULATIONS - Navy Medicine - U.S. Navy

(1) Hat. A glazed black felt top hat,
round, 9 inches from brim to crown. Brim curled up on
sides. The ship’s name, USS CONSTITUTION embroidered in
gold letters on black silk ribbon.
(2) Jacket. A double-breasted short jacket
of dark blue melton cloth with turned down collar. Six
brass buttons are down each side of the jacket front.
(3) Vest. A red cotton or linen short
single-breasted waistcoat with a rolled down collar. Nine
gilt buttons down the front.
(4) Footwear. Navy-issue laced black
leather safety boots.
d. Enlisted (E6 and below): wear the same
jacket, shirt, trousers and footwear as the chief petty
officers. The U.S. Navy Pattern 1814 straight edged
cutlass may be worn as a sidearm, when authorized by the
Commanding Officer. Female personnel may wear their hair
tightly braided in the traditional Sailor’s pigtail when
in 1813 uniform to add authenticity to the 1813 uniform
and to permit proper wear of the flat glazed hat.
(1) Hat. A flat glazed black hat 3-4
inches from brim to crown. Flat brim with ship’s name,
USS CONSTITUTION embroidered in gold letters on black silk
ribbon. The ribbon tails to hang down to shoulder blade
length when worn.
(2) Neckerchief. Navy-issue black
neckerchief. Worn knotted loosely around the throat with
the body of the material forming a wide triangle down the
back (Boy Scout fashion).
(3) Trousers. Wear standard issue service
dress blue (jumper) trousers in winter and service dress
white (jumper) trousers, or white cotton broadfall
trousers in summer.
e. CONSTITUTION Unit Identification Mark (UIM).
Enlisted personnel, E6 and junior, are authorized to wear
an identifying sleeve path (IUM) on their modern
regulation uniforms while assigned to USS CONSTITUTION.
The patch has the ship’s name with six white stars
embroidered (three on either side of the name) symbolizing
the six original frigates of the U.S. Navy, with the
ship’s nickname “Old Ironsides” embroidered underneath – a
reminder of the nation’s enduring commitment to the Navy’s
oldest warship, still in commission.
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