File:Infantry battalion flag of the United States Navy.svg
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Summary
| Description | The U.S. Navy Infantry Battalion flag, which for many decades served as the de facto flag of the U.S. Navy as a whole, until an official flag was defined in 1959. Today, it is used as an organizational color for a ship's landing battalion and similar units during ceremonies. The flag dates from sometime during the mid to late 1800s, but was not defined in Navy signal books until 1900 or so. There was once a red version used for artillery battalions, but it was discontinued after World War II. The size of the flag is 61 5/8 inches by 78 inches. Units may add their name and location in white sans-serif letters above and below the anchor. For more information, see here, here, and U.S. Navy document NTP 13(B) [1], section 1711. |
| Date | December 1864 |
| Source | Own work (anchor design traced and cleaned up from File:USNavyBattalionFlagSpecs.png) |
| Author | John A. Dahlgren |
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The author died in 1870, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1930. |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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| current | 05:38, 23 December 2017 | | 780 × 615 (8 KB) | wikimediacommons>Illegitimate Barrister | User created page with UploadWizard |
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