Signalman 1 & C - Historic Naval Ships Association

1. Usually two people hold the flag while foldingit into proper form. If no one is available to assist you,lay the flag on deck, hoist end away, with the ring toyour left and snap to your right.2. Fold the flag to your right so that the left halfjust covers the right half.3. Repeat step 2.4. Fold up the fly end to a position aboutthree-quarters of the way toward the hoist.5. Roll the flag tightly from the fold toward thehoist.6. About 2 inches from each end of the resultingroll, wrap two turns of white twine around the roll. Tiesecurely.7. Repeat step 6.8. With the tail line, take a full turn around thetwine near the ring, repeating the operation for the twineat the other end of the roll.9. Repeat step 8.The flag is now ready for the break. Clear thehalyard, bend on the flag, and run it up smartly. Asharp downward pull on the halyard will snap thetwine and break the flag.The national ensign is never made up for thebreaking, but is always hoisted briskly and smartly.SUMMARYIn chapter 5 you were taught flaghoistterminology, flaghoist essentials, how to readflaghoists, the parts of a flaghoist message, and howto execute flaghoist signals. You were given a briefdescription of the Allied Maritime Tactical Signal andManeuvering Book and were taught how to answer,acknowledge, relay, receipt, and cancel a flaghoistsignal. You were given the meanings of single flagsand pennants and emergency signals. You were taughtthe basic maneuvering flags and how to use them. Youwere taught how to make up a flag for the break andwhat flags should be made up. FLAGS, it’s up to youto put forth the effort to become the best!5-16