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The ensign of the United States is the flag of the United States when worn as an ensign (a type of maritime flag identifying nationality, usually flown from the stern of a ship or boat, or from an installation or facility of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard or the National Oceanographic and ...
The most popular colours in national flags are red, white, green, dark blue, yellow, light blue, and black. [12] The only national flag not to include the colors red, white, or blue is Jamaica's. [13] The occurrence of each colour in all the flags is listed in detail in the table below. [12]
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When a merchant ship of any nation formally recognized by the United States salutes a ship of the U.S. Navy, she lowers her national colors to half-mast. The Navy ship returns the salute by lowering her ensign to half-mast for a few seconds, then closing it back up. The merchant vessel then raises her ensign back up.
The national flag of the United States (Spanish: Bandera Nacional de Estados Unidos), often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton, referred to as the union and bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where ...
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1. / ˈensən; ˈenˌsīn / a flag or standard, esp. a military or naval one indicating nationality.2. / ˈensən / a commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, ranking above chief warrant officer and below lieutenant. ∎ hist. the lowest rank of commissioned infantry officer in the British army. ∎ hist. a ...
Expand navigation for Ensigns and National Flags Ensigns and National Flags . USS Olympia (C-6) Ensign Manila Bay; USS Olympia (C-6) Boat Flag; USS John D. Ford (DD-228) Ensign; LCI(L)-488 Ensign Flown on D-Day; USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) Ensign from Leyte Gulf; USS LCI(L)-711 Ensign Leyte Gulf; USS Nashville (CL-43) Ensign from Leyte Landing
