Signalman 1 & C - Historic Naval Ships Association

KampucheaIranLibyaMongoliaNorth KoreaSouth Yemen (Peoples Democratic Republic of)Vietnam (Social Republic of)Dips by yachts displaying a yacht ensign are alsoreturned. The yacht ensign is similar in design to theU.S. ensign except that the blue field contains a whitefouled anchor surrounded by 13 white stars.Submarines, or such other ships of the line inwhich it would be considered hazardous for personnelto do so, are not required to dip the ensign.Of the colors carried by a naval force on shore,only the U.S. Navy flag and the Battalion Colors aredipped in rendering or acknowledging a salute.UNION JACKThe union jack, when displayed from the jackstaff,is the same size as the union of the ensign displayedfrom the flagstaff.When a naval ship is not under way, the unionjack is flown from the jackstaff from 0800 to sunset. Itis also hoisted at the yardarm to indicate that a generalcourt-martial or a court of inquiry is in session. It ishoisted when the court meets and is hauled down whenthe court adjourn.When displayed from the jackstaff, the union jackis half-masted when the ensign is half-masted. It is notdipped, however, when the ensign is dipped in returnfor such honor being rendered it.The union jack is flown in boats as follows:When a diplomatic representative of the UnitedStates of or above the rank of charge d'affaires isembarked in a boat of the U.S. Navy and is within thewaters of the country to which he/she is accreditedWhen a governor general or governor commissionedas such by the President is embarked in a boat inan official capacity and is within the area of jurisdiction(for example, the Governor of the Virgin Islands)PERSONAL FLAGS ANDCOMMAND PENNANTSLEARNING OBJECTIVES: Identify proceduresfor the displaying of personnel flags andcommand pennants from ships, shorecommands, vehicles, and aircraft. Explain theuse of the commission pennant.Figure 10-2 shows personal flags, personalcommand pennants, and several miscellaneous flagsand pennants.The distinctive mark of a ship or craft incommission in the Navy is either a commissionpennant, a personal flag, or a command pennant of anofficer of the Navy eligible for command at sea. Thedistinctive mark of a Navy hospital ship incommission is the Red Cross flag.Only one distinctive mark is displayed by a shipor craft at one time. If a personal flag, including thatof a civil official, or command pennant goes up, thecommission pennant comes down. Except asprescribed in Navy Regulations for certain occasionsof ceremony, the distinctive mark must remain at theafter masthead day and night or, in a mastless ship,from the loftiest and most conspicuous hoist.Ceremonial occasions may require the shifting of thedistinctive mark to another masthead or to thestarboard yardarm.DISPLAY OF PERSONAL FLAGSAND COMMAND PENNANTSA flag officer or unit commander afloat mustdisplay his/her personal flag or command pennantfrom his/her flagship. At no time must he/shedisplay it from more than one ship. When a flagofficer, eligible for command at sea, is embarked forpassage in a ship of the Navy, his/her personal flagmust be displayed from such ship unless there isalready displayed a personal flag of an officerhis/her senior.There are any number of civil officials entitled toshow personal flags that go with their offices. Theflags of interest to a Signalman, however, are thosebelonging to civil officials whose personal flags areauthorized for display during official visits. (Visits arediscussed later in this chapter.) Personal flags ofprincipal civil officials are shown in figure 10-3.10-6