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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ship commissioning
		The preparation and readiness time between christening-launching and commissioning may be as much as three years for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to as brief as twenty days for a World War II landing ship.
		The first specific references to commissioning located in naval records is a letter of November 6, 1863, from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to all navy yards and stations.
		Once in commission, the commanding officer and crew are entrusted with the privilege, and the responsibility, of maintaining their ship’s readiness in peace, and of conducting successful operations at sea in time of war.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ship-commissioning (1122 words)

	Commissioning pennant - Definition, explanation
		The Commissioning pennant or Masthead pennant is a pennant (also spelt "pendant") flown from the masthead of a warship.
		In some navies, the Commissioning Pennant is used in addition to represent the personal authority of the captain, although it is flown continuously aboard the ship whether the captain is aboard or not.
		Records show that pennants were in use in the 13th century, when merchant ships were commandeered during war and placed in command of military officers, who transferred their trail pendants from their lances to the mastheads of the ships they commanded.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/c/co/commissioning_pennant.php (592 words)

	Commissioning Pennant
		A commissioning pennant is a long streamer in some version of the national colors of the Navy that flies it.
		The American pennant is blue at the hoist, bearing seven white stars; the rest of the pennant consists of single longitudinal stripes of red and white.
		The pennant is flown at all times as long as a ship is in commissioned status, except when a flag officer or civilian official is embarked and flies his personal flag in its place.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq106-1.htm (891 words)

	USSLosAngelesCommissioning
		The Commissioning Ceremony signifies the acceptance for service and entry of a ship into the active fleet of the United States Navy. At the moment of breaking the commissioning pennant, LOS ANGELES (SSN-688) became, as any proud ship of the line, USS LOS ANGELES (SSN-688).
		The commissioning pennant has for centuries been the symbol of the man-of-war. Today, as the distinctive mark of a ship in commission, it is flown, except when displaced by the personal flag of an admiral or commodore embarked aboard the ship.
		The modern commissioning ceremony is devoid of the ancient pagan rituals which were instituted to ward off evil spirits and seafaring denizens. We, as a professional Navy, have outgrown these primitive superstitions.
	www.submarinehistory.com /USSLosAngelesCommissioning.html (137 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service but is usually used for the placing of a warship in active duty with its country's military forces.
		When a captain determined that his new ship was ready to take to sea, he mustered the crew on deck, read his orders, broke the national ensign and distinctive commissioning pennant, caused the watch to be set, and the first entry to be made in the log.
		Commissionings were not public affairs, and unlike christening-and-launching ceremonies, were not recorded by newspapers.
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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Ship commissioning (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The preparation and readiness time between christening-launching and commissioning may be as much as three years for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to as brief as twenty days for a World War II landing ship.
		Commissioning in the early United States Navy under sail was attended by no ceremony.
		Commissionings were not public affairs and, unlike christening-launching ceremonies, no accounts of them are to be found in contemporary newspapers.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/sh/Ship_commissioning?title=Commissioning_pennant (909 words)

	Commissioning pennant
		The Commissioning pennant or Masthead pennant is a pennant (also spelt "pendant") flown from the masthead of a warship.
		It is generally taken to signify the commissioned status of the warship, although of course it is the captain of the ship who holds the commission, and not the ship.
		In some navies, the Commissioning Pennant is used in addition to represent the personal authority of the captain, although it is flown continuously aboard the ship whether the captain is aboard or not.
	www.kiwipedia.com /commissioning-pendant.html (163 words)

	DE Christening, Launching and Commissioning
		At the moment when the commissioning pennant is broken at the masthead, a ship becomes a Navy command in her own right, and takes her place alongside the other active ships of the Fleet.
		The American pennant is blue at the hoist, bearing seven white stars; the rest of the pennant consists of single longitudinal stripes of red and white.
		The pennant is flown at all times as long as a ship is in commissioned status, except when a flag officer or civilian official is embarked and flies his personal flag in its place.
	desausa.org /de_christening_lauching.htm (1404 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service but is usually used for the placing of a warship in active duty with its country's military forces.
		When a captain determined that his new ship was ready to take to sea, he mustered the crew on deck, read his orders, broke the national ensign and distinctive commissioning pennant, caused the watch to be set, and the first entry to be made in the log.
		Commissionings were not public affairs, and unlike christening-and-launching ceremonies, were not recorded by newspapers.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=ship_commissioning (706 words)

	Commissioning Pennant
		Traditionally the commissioning pennant is replaced with a new one at each change of commanding officer.
		At the moment the commissioning pennant is broken, a ship becomes the responsibility of the Commanding Officer, who together with his ship's officers and men, has the duty of making her ready for any service required by our nation.
		The modern U.S. Navy commissioning pennant is blue at the hoist with a union of seven white stars, and a horizontal red and white strip at the fly.
	www.vanpoots.com /submarines/pennant.htm (270 words)

	Commissioning Ceremony
		The Naval Commissioning Ceremony is a custom deep in tradition in all navies for centuries and in the United States Navy since its earliest beginnings, for it marks the formal inception of a man-of-war into the Naval forces of her nation.
		Thus, a ship's date of commissioning was recorded as any number of days: when the colors were first raised, whe the officers and crew reported on board, when the first log entry was made, or when the ship first put out to sea.
		The modern commissioning ceremony is devoid of the ancient pagan rituals which were instituted to ward off evil spirits and seafaring denizens.
	www.la-ex.org /View_Photos/1976_Commissioning/Commissioning_Ceremony/commissioning_ceremony.html (604 words)

	USS Haddo - Boat History
		At the moment the commissioning pennant is broken, a ship becomes the responsibility of the Commanding Officer, who together with the ship’s officers and men, has the duty of making her ready for any service required by our nation, whether we be at peace or at war.
		The modern U.S. Navy commissioning pennant is blue at the hoist with a union of seven white stars and a horizontal red and white stripe at the fly.
		This solemn ceremony where the commissioning pennant, ensign and jack are hauled down for the last time is a dedication to the total operational success of the ship and the men who sailed her.
	www.usshaddo.com /boat_history.htm (1407 words)

	Navy's only forward-deployed frigate celebrates 22 years
		Commissioning ceremonies recognize the acceptance of a ship as a unit of the operating forces of the United States Navy.
		The moment the commissioning pennant was flown in 1984, Gary became the responsibility of the commanding officer, who, together with the ship’s Sailors, has the duty of making and keeping her ready for any service required by our nation.
		It is her Sailors that bring her to life and remain the life blood of the ship.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2006/november/55.htm (416 words)

	USS Forrestal Commissioning & Decommissioning Tradition
		The Commissioning Pennant traces its origin to a 17th century sea battle between the Dutch and English.
		The commissioning Pennant is flown at the main by all vessels without an embarked flag officer.
		The pennant symbolizes the moment when the life of a ship begins; in USS FORRESTAL's case, on October 1, 1955 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
	www.forrestal.org /fidfacts/page12.htm (324 words)

	Navy - Command and Commissioning Pennants (U.S.)
		The hoisting of the commission pennant is considered the key moment in the commissioning of a ship.
		The ceremonies for commissioning and decommissioning a U.S. Navy warship call for the hoisting of the ensign, jack, and commission pennant as the first act after the new captain reads the commissioning order, and as the final act before the last captain declares the ship decommissioned.
		The homeward bound pennant is flown when getting underway to a U.S. port and remains hoisted until sunset on the day of arrival at the destination, at which time the commanding officer is presented the blue portion and the members of the ship's company dividing the remainder.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us^nvcp.html (872 words)

	Uniforms & Buttons
		Pennant was flown from the mast-head on commissioning and is made of nylon bunting.
		Pennant was flown from the mast-head on commissioning and is fresh, as new, never been flown.
		Commissioned officers in the Revenue Cutter Service and early Coast Guard were required, with their full dress uniforms, to wear a rigid chapeau, or “fore-and-aft” hat.
	www.lighthouseantiques.net /uniforms/uniforms.html (10314 words)

	Heraldry and Insignia of the California State Military Forces: Flags of California's Naval Forces
		This flag was displayed at the main mast in place of the commissioning pennant of the U.S. Navy, unless the commanding officer had the rank of commodore, in which the commodore's pennant of the Naval Militia was flown in its stead.
		The commissioning pennant of the Naval Militia is of similar design to the commissioning pennant of the U.S. Navy.
		However, in place of the stars, a smaller version of the Naval Militia flag is represented; and instead of a red and white stripe, the commissioning pennant of the Naval Militia boar the colors blue and yellow.
	www.militarymuseum.org /NavMilFlag.html (1119 words)

	Glossary of Flag Terms
		a very long and narrow pennant flown from the main mast of a naval vessel, used to indicate the public character of a ship, also called a commissioning pennant, masthead pennant, narrow pennant, coach whip pennant.
		It is similar to, and flown in place of, the masthead pennant, and is displayed by a ship from a foreign station when entering or leaving harbors during her passage home, and by a ship of the Home Fleet on leaving for and arriving at her home port." Admiralty Seamanship Manual 1951.
		Smith stated that "the common denominator distinguishing a pennant from a flag seems to be that the former is always secondary to the latter in importance and differs in shape, proportions, size, and/or manner of display".
	www.fotw.us /flags/xf-glos.html (2953 words)

	Wikinfo \| Pennant (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A commissioning pennant is the traditional sign of a warship, and is flown from the masthead while the ship is in commission.
		A broad pennant in the Royal Navy is a swallow-tailed tapering flag flown from the masthead of a ship to indicate the presence of a commodore.
		Unlike the triangular pennant, most national and departmental flags are rectangular; the national flag of Nepal and the state flag of Ohio in the U.S. are the only notable modern flags to be a variation of the standard pennant.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Pennant (243 words)

	Kenya Navy Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The moment the commissioning pennant is broken at the masthead, a ship becomes a Naval ship of war, ready to serve her country in all aspects.
		The solemn ceremony where the commissioning pennant, ensign and jack are hauled down for the last time is a dedication to the total operational success of the ship and the men who sailed her.
		The Commissioning Ceremony bears the promise for a bright future, and the Decommissioning Ceremony, signifies the end of an era, honouring all of the men and women who have given their time, their energy, and for some, their lives, to fulfill and surpass the aspirations held by those who stood in the commissioning ceremony.
	www.mod.go.ke /Navysite/museum.htm (1705 words)

	Ship commissioning
		Commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service but is usually used for the placing of a warship in active duty with its country's military forces.
		When a captain determined that his new ship was ready to take to sea, he mustered the crew on deck, read his orders, broke the national ensign and distinctive commissioning pennant, caused the watch to be set, and the first entry to be made in the log.
		Commissionings were not public affairs, and unlike christening-and-launching ceremonies, were not recorded by newspapers.
	www.zdnet.co.za /wiki/Ship_commissioning (1418 words)

	RONALD H. BROWN R104
		Daley, hoisted the National Ensign at the Flagstaff, the Commissioning Pennant at the Main Truck, and the Union Jack at the Jackstaff, placing R/V RONALD H. BROWN into active commissioned service as a United States public vessel, to pursue marine research in accordance with Public Law 373 80th Congress, as amended.
		The commissioning ceremony is a maritime tradition dating back 222 years to the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
		COMMISSIONING CEREMONY: Principals at formal commissioning ceremony for NOAA's new ship, the Ronald H. Brown, are front row from left: Rear Adm. John Albright, director of NOAA's marine centers; D. James Baker, NOAA administrator; Sen.
	www.smokeypoint.org /sensors/rhb.htm (714 words)

	Commissioning pennant (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Records show that pennants were in use in the 13th century, when merchant ships were commandeered during war and placed in command of military officers, who transferred their trail pendants from their lances to the mastheads of the ships they commanded.
		Today the pennant is hoisted on the day a warship or establishment commissions and is never struck until the day of decommissioning.
		In Navy ships the pennant is flown at the masthead, for which reason it is also commonly referred to as a masthead pennant.
	sports.abcworld.net /Commissioning_pennant.html (574 words)

	DE Christening, Launching and Commissioning
		Christening and launching are the inseparable elements which endow a ship hull with her identity.
		Yet, just as many developmental milestones must be passed before one takes his place in society, so too must the newly-launched vessel pass such milestones before she is completed and considered ready to be designated a commissioned ship of the United States Navy.
		In recent years, commissioning ceremonies have come to be public occasions more than heretofore had been the practice.
	www.desausa.org /de_christening_lauching.htm (1404 words)

	Sweden and Norway 1844 Changes
		The commissioning pennant was now to be in the national colours (horizontally stripes of red-white-blue-white-red) with a stretched version of the union mark at the hoist.
		Pennant consisting of the herring salad at hoist and oval fly divided lengthwise red over blue.
		Masthead pennant blue over yellow, swallow tailed (indentation reaching 1/3 of length) with red square canton containing white saltire and next to it a blue square conatining yellow saltire.
	www.fotw.us /flags/xn-s-a03.html (1003 words)

	Pennant Information
		A commissioning pennant, the traditional sign of a warship, flown from its masthead while the ship is in commission.
		A broad pennant, flown from the masthead of a Royal Navy ship to indicate the presence of a commodore on board.
		A reference to the pennant-shaped "No Passing Zone" traffic sign found in the United States, used to indicate the start of a two-lane highway where vehicles traveling in the same direction are not permitted to pass each other.
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