Broad pennant

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A broad pennant is a swallow-tailed tapering naval flag flown from the masthead of a warship afloat or a naval headquarters ashore to indicate the presence of a Royal Navy officer in the rank of Commodore or a U.S. Navy Captain serving in a designated Commodore command billet.[1][2] It is so called as a broad pennant because its dimensions are roughly 2:3.

The U.S. Navy will also refer to this flag as a commodore's "command pennant."[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Seaflags/personal/cmdpen.html
  2. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USNavyBroadCommandPennant.svg
  3. ↑ http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us%5Envcp.html
  4. ↑ http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeohzt4/Seaflags/personal/cmdpen.html


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