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    The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a pennant (also spelled "pendant") flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning...
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    Pennon (redirect from Pennant (flag))
    There are other navies that also fly pennant in a similar manner (see commissioning pennant). The commissioning pennant in ships may end in a point, but they...
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  • the transferring officer reads the commissioning directive, the ensign is hoisted, and the commissioning pennant broken. The prospective commanding officer...
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    flags had 2:3 proportions, while the commodore's broad pennant and the Senior Officer's pennant had 1:2 proportions. Irrespective of the changes, the national...
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    the military units on parades. National colours Naval jack Naval commissioning pennant The national colours constitute the portable variants of the National...
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    design and use. Examples: A commissioning pennant, or masthead, which a warship flies from its masthead and indicates the commission of the captain of the ship...
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  • "Navy - Command and Commissioning Pennants (U.S.)". "U.S. Navy Command Pennants and Flags". McMillan, Joe (2001). "Commissioning pennant". Flags of the World...
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  • up pennant or pennon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pennant may refer to: Pennon (or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag Commissioning pennant, the...
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    Administration Commissioning pennant of the United States Navy Commissioning pennant of the United States Coast Guard Commissioning pennant of the National Oceanic...
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    canton became the ensign, and the national flag became the jack. The commissioning pennant was the same as that used by the UK's Royal Navy until the early...
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    separate war ensign, the commissioning pennant serves as the sign that a ship is a warship. The present model of the commissioning pennant was established at...
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    of the Indian Navy, located in the fly. Commissioning pennant of the Indian Navy A white triangular pennant with a gold-bordered octagon enclosing the...
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  • of the Indian Navy, located in the fly. Commissioning pennant of the Indian Navy A white triangular pennant with a gold-bordered octagon enclosing the...
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    Indianapolis is held by the Indiana State Museum. Her bell and a commissioning pennant were formerly located at Heslar Naval Armory but currently reside...
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    set black-outlined anchor in the quarter ?–present Commissioning pennant Tri-colour long pennant of blue-yellow-red ?–present Chief of the General Staff...
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    harmony of yin and yang. These trigrams were also depicted on the commissioning pennant of the South Korean Navy. Tian gan and Di zhi: the archaic calendar...
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    Force of Marines 1958- Commissioning pennant of the Braz 1958- Commissioning pennant of a senior officer 1958- "Decommissioning pennant" of the Brazilian Navy...
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    A signal cannon was fired and the ship's new battle ensign and commissioning pennant were broken out at the peaks of the mizzen gaff and mainmast. With...
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    were made during 1863, when a new naval jack, battle ensign, and commissioning pennant design was introduced aboard all Confederate ships, echoing the...
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    August) ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw. Commissioning pennant Swallow-tailed bicolor of white and red defaced with a cross pattée...
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  • (bottom). 1965 – Commissioning pennant Triangular pennant with the crescent and stars on the far left; flown at the highest mast of commissioned naval ships...
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    also flew a "commission pennant" in a similar manner to U.S. Navy and United States Coast Guard ships. The fleet had three commission pennants, one for its...
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  • Sea Pennant (in command of a naval squadron). Gallardetón. Captain at Sea Pennant (in command of a naval division). Gallardete. Commissioning pennant Grímpola...
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    Pennant with Norwegian stripe. – present Rank Flag of Petty officers Red pennant. – present Royal Norwegian Navy pennant Is a commissioning pennant and...
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    Japanese) to replace the earlier plan of Aegis Ashore installations, commissioning one by the end of fiscal year 2027, and the other by the end of FY2028...
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  • Presidential standard of the president of the State of East Indonesia Pennant of the President of East Indonesia Flag of the Prime Minister of East Indonesia...
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    beginning on June 4, 2019. A Commissioning or Masthead pennant is flown from the masthead and represents the commission of the captain of the ship (and...
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    not under the authority of the largely KMT controlled Military Affairs Commission of the Nationalist Government. This gave the navy a unique administrative...
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  • navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called...
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    NOAA ships in commission display the NOAA flag; those with only one mast fly it immediately beneath the ship's commissioning pennant or the personal...
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