Figure 4-27.General signals

Figure 4-23.Jewish worship pennant.

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On many small ships, it is the responsibility of the quarterdeck watch to hoist and haul down the absentee pennants. They are flown only between sunrise and sunset. Whenever the ship is taking aboard, transferring, or handling dangerous commodities, such as ammunition and fuel, the BRAVO flag is hoisted and the smoking lamp is put out. BRAVO is hauled down when the dangerous condition no longer exists. The BRAVO flag (fig. 4-26) is a general signal flag. While standing watch, you will have many duties. One of them is to make sure special flags or pennants are displayed as required to indicate changing events aboard ship. Usually on a large ship, this is the responsibility of the duty signalman. On small ships, such as submarines, it is the duty of the topside watch (POOW). These flags or pennants are important because they tell other units what is happening within their area at any given time. A list of special flags and pennants is normally posted within the quarterdeck area for the ready reference of watch standers. There are many more flags and pennants that have special meanings. You will have to know the meaning of some of these. They are called general signals, and those not previously discussed are shown in figure 4-27. When flag officers of the Navy (admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral [upper half], rear admiral [lower half]) assume command of a fleet or a unit of a fleet, their personal flag (fig. 4-28) is hoisted and kept flying until they turn over their command to their successor. If the officer is absent from command for a period exceeding 72 hours, the flag is hauled down until the officer returns. A flag officer’s flag is never displayed simultaneously from more than one ship. It is flown at the main-truck of the ship the officer is aboard. Normally, no personal flag or pennant is shown at the same masthead with the national ensign. When a double display is required, the personal flag or pennant should 4-25 Student Notes: BMRF0426 Figure 4-26.—Bravo flag. BMRF0427 ALFA MIKE YANKEE OSCAR PAPA QUEBEC ZERO CODE DIVERS ARE DOWN MEDICAL GUARD MAN OVERBOARD AT BOW OF SMALL BOAT: ABOARD SHIP: GUARD MAIL BOAT MILITARY GUARD DUTY BOAT RECALL VISUAL COMMUNICATION DUTY SIGNAL MEANING GENERAL RECALL: ALL PERSONNEL RETURN Figure 4-27.—General signals. BMRF0428 Figure 4-28.—Personal flags.

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