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| Use | Other |
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| Proportion | 16:13 |
| Adopted | April 24, 1959 |
| Design | Anchor, USS Constitution, Bald Eagle |
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 Former, unofficial flag of the United States Navy | |
| Use | Other  |
| Proportion | 156:133 |
| Adopted | December 1864[1] |
| Design | Dark blue foul anchor on a white diamond, with a dark blue background |
Theflag of the United States Navy consists of the seal of theU.S. Department of the Navy in the center, above a yellow scroll inscribed "United States Navy" in dark blue letters, against a dark blue background.
The flag was officially authorized by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower on April 24, 1959 and was formally introduced to the public on April 30, 1959 at a ceremony at Naval Support Facility Carderock in Maryland.[2] It replaced the infantry battalion flag which had been used as the U.S. Navy's unofficial flag for many years beforehand.
It is used on land, displayed inside naval offices, in parades, and for other ceremonial occasions, and often on a staff at the quarterdeck of ships in port.[3] It is not flown by ships at sea, nor on outdoor flagpoles on naval land installations, and is not used as an identifying mark of U.S. Navy ships and facilities, as theU.S. Coast Guard ensign is.
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) Unofficial Navy flag flown during theSpanish-American War[4]The following is details from the Naval Telecommunications Procedures, Flags, Pennants & Customs, NTP 13(B)
1710. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES NAVYByExecutive Order 10812 of 24 April 1959, the President, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, established and prescribed an official flag for the United States Navy. This flag is to be 4 feet 4 inches hoist (width) by 5 feet 6 inches fly (length), of dark blue material, with yellow fringe, 2½ inches wide. In the center of the flag is a device 3 feet 1 inch overall, consisting of the inner pictorial portion of the seal of the Department of the Navy (with the exception that a continuation of the sea has been substituted for the land area), in its proper colors within a circular yellow rope edging, all 2 feet 6 inches in diameter above a yellow scroll inscribed "UNITED STATES NAVY" in dark blue letters.
The followingstreamers are authorized, in order of precedence:[5]
Jacks are additional national flags flown by warships (and certain other ships) on ajackstaff at the bow of the ship. These are usually flown only when not underway and when the ship is dressed on special occasions.
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December 9, 1864. SIR: I send you three distinguishing pennants for the battalions of the fleet brigade–red for the howitzers, blue for the skirmishers, and white-blue for the marines, marked with an anchor. It will be well not to let our sailors and marines forget the habits to which they have been accustomed, for they may lose this without acquiring those of the soldiers, and I must confess to a preference for the more exact and respectful training of the Navy. It is by no means necessary to cause them discomfort, but they should never be allowed to omit the usual acknowledgements of the presence of their officers. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J.A. Dahlgren.
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