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broad command pennant — noun : a command pennant that is identical with or similar in shape to a broad pennant an is flown by an officer in the United States Navy below flag rank who is temporarily in command of a force, squadron, flotilla, or battleship or cruiser… … Useful english dictionary
burgee command pennant — noun : a personal command pennant flown by United States Naval vessels to denote an officer below flag rank commanding a division of warships or a major subdivision of an aircraft wing compare broad command pennant … Useful english dictionary
Pennant (commissioning) — The Jeanne d Arc flying her paying off pennant while returning to harbour. The commissioning pennant (or masthead pennant) is a pennant (also spelt pendant ) flown from the masthead of a warship. The history of flying a commissioning pennant… … Wikipedia
broad pennant — noun : a flag with a gradual taper ending in a broad swallowtail with the ratio of breadth in the hoist to length in the fly conspicuously greater than in the long pennant; especially : such a flag flown by a commodore in a navy compare broad… … Useful english dictionary
distinguishing pennant — noun : any of a number of pennants that various naval officers are entitled to fly as an indication of their rank or command (as the broad pennant of a British commodore or a command pennant in the United States Navy) … Useful english dictionary
Cyril Douglas-Pennant — Sir Cyril Douglas Pennant Born 7 April 1894 Died 3 April 1961 Allegiance … Wikipedia
commission pennant — noun : a long pennant flown at the mainmast of a government ship which is in commission but not under the command of an officer entitled to a personal flag or pennant * * * commission pennant, a long pennant flown on a naval ship to show that the … Useful english dictionary
The Mauritius Command — … Wikipedia
Commodore (United States) — Please see Commodore for other uses of this rank Commodore is an early title and later a rank in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard and a current honorary title in the U.S. Navy with an intricate history. Because the U.S.… … Wikipedia
USS Auk (AM-38) — was an Lapwing class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been place in the water to prevent ships from passing.The first ship to be named Auk by the Navy, Minesweeper No. 38 was laid down on 20 June 1918… … Wikipedia
