Navy Battle Flags

[Subdeacon Joe]

Interesting article.

 

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When it comes to national pride, there's nothing more American than baseball and apple pie -- and, in the case of the U.S. Navy, the intimidating sight of a battle flag flapping in the wind.

Battle flags have been a fixture of the Navy since the earliest days of the Revolutionary War, when Continental Army Gen. George Washington in October 1775 commissioned a half-dozen frigates flying white flags featuring a green pine tree and the slogan "An Appeal to Heaven" emblazoned across the bottom. Since World War II, naval battle ensigns have traditionally flown while a warship is entering or exiting a friendly port, during exercises or during "special ship evolutions" such as holidays. Regardless of the circumstances, battle flags are a welcome sight to most naval observers, markers of the history and heritage that define each American warship as it sails into the vastness of the world's oceans.

 

[Sedalia Dave]

USS Kidd

 

[Sedalia Dave]

Thanks SDJ. That was a cool article.