Sea Flags Bibliography

I.  Current Official Regulations and Directives

A.  Navy
United States Navy Regulations (1990), Chapter 12
NTP 13(B), Flags, Pennants and Customs (1986)
OPNAVINST 1650.23C, "Installation Excellence Award"
SECNAVINST 10520.2D, "United States Navy Flag, Battle Streamers, and U.S. Navy Infantry Battalion Flag; procurement and use of," January 29, 1974.
B.  Marine Corps
MCO P10520.3B, Flag Manual (1989)
NAVMC 2691, Marine Corps Drill Manual
C.  Coast Guard
USCG M5000.3B, Regulations of the United States Coast Guard, Chapter 14
33 CFR Pt. 23
33 CFR 5.47-5.48
D.  Army
AR 840-10, Flags, Guidons, Streamres, Tabards, and Automobile and Aircraft Plates (1990)
FM 55-501, Marine Crewman's Handbook
E.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DAO 201-6, Official Flags of the Department [of Commerce] (1986)
NAO 201-6, Official Flags of NOAA (1992)
F.  Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps Personnel Manual, Subchapter CC29.9, Personnel Instruction 1, "Public Health Service Flags and Automobile Plates"
G.  Department of State
22 CFR Pt 1, "Insignia of Rank"
2 Foreign Affairs Manual 153, "Flags at Foreign Service Posts"
H.  Foreign Navies
B.R. 31, Queen's Regulations for the Royal Navy (1967), chapter 12
 
II. Historical Regulations and Orders
    U.S. Department of the Navy.  Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy.  1799.
    _______________.  Naval Regulations.  Washington:  Navy Department, 1802.
    _______________.  Naval Regulations.  Washington:  Navy Office, 1809.
    _______________.  Naval Regulations.  Washington:  Navy Office, 1814.
    _______________.  Board of Naval Commissioners.  Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United States.  Washington:  De Krafft, 1818.
    _______________.  Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Naval Service of the United States.  1820.
    _______________.  Rules and Regulations for the Naval Service.  Washington:  Gales and Seaton, 1821.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Navy.  Washington, 1833.
    _______________.  General Regulations for the Navy and Marine Corps of the United States.  Washington:  Gideon, 1841.
    _______________.  Rules and Regulations for the Navy.  Washington, 1843.
    _______________.  Regulations, Circulars, Orders, and Decisions for the Guide of Officers of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  C. Alexander, 1851.
    _______________.  Orders and Instructions for the Direction and Government of the Naval Service of the United States.  Washington:  R. Armstrong, 1853.
    _______________.  General Orders, Circulars, etc., 1861-1863.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1863.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1865.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1869.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1870.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1877.
    _______________.  General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Navy Department from 1863 to 1887.  Washington:  GPO, 1887.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1893.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1896.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1900.
    _______________.  General Orders, Circulars, Special Orders, 1900-1905.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1905.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1909.
    _______________.  General Orders, Circulars, Special Orders, 1909-1913.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1913.
    _______________.  Regulations for the Government of the Navy of the United States.  Washington:  GPO, 1918.
    _______________.  Changes in Navy Regulations, 1918.
    _______________.  Changes in Navy Regulations, 1920.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1920.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1927.
    _______________.  General Orders no. 1-190.  Washington:  GPO, 1921-29.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1932.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1938.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1939.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1941.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1920.  Washington:  GPO, 1944.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1948.  Washington:  GPO, 1948.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1964.  Washington:  GPO, 1964.
    _______________.  United States Navy Regulations, 1973.  Washington:  GPO, 1973.
 
III.  Historical Signal and Flag Books
   Truxtun, Thomas.  Instructions, Signals, and Explanations Ordered for the United States Fleet.  Baltimore:  Hayes, 1797.
    Signals to be Used by the Squadron under Command of...  Brooklyn:  Robinson & Little, 1807.
    Porter, David.  A Code of Signals.  New Orleans, 1809.
    Signals to be Used by the Squadron under Command of...  Brooklyn:  Kirk, 1812.
    U.S. Department of the Navy.  Signals for the Use of the United States Navy.  Washington, 1813.
    Elford, James M.  J. M. Elford's Marine Telegraph.  Boston:  Hinckley, 1832.
    Parker, John R.  American Signal Book.  Boston:  Steam Power Press, 1832.
    _______________.  The New Semaphoric Signal Book.  Boston:  Kidder & Wright, 1841.
    Rogers, H. J.  Rogers and Black's American Semaphoric Signal Book.  Baltimore:  Lucas, 1847.
    _______________.  Rogers' American Code of Marine Signals.  Baltimore:  Rogers, 1856.
    Le Gros, A.  Album des pavillons (1858)
    U.S. Department of the Navy.  Signals for the Use of the United States Navy.  Washington:  Harris, 1858.
    _______________.  Bureau of Navigation.  Code of Flotilla and Boat and Squadron Signals for the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1861.
    _______________.  _______________.  Signal Code of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1864.
    _______________.  _______________.  United States Naval Signal Code.  Washington:  GPO, 1867.
    _______________.  _______________.  Code of Flotilla and Boat and Squadron Signals for the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1868.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of Maritime Nations, from the Most Authentic Sources.  Washington:  GPO, 1868.
    _______________.  _______________.  Naval Signal Book of the United States of America.  Washington:  GPO, 1869.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of Maritime Nations, from the Most Authentic Sources.  Washington:  GPO, 1870.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of Maritime Nations, from the Most Authentic Sources, 3rd Ed.  Washington:  GPO, 1873.
    _______________.  _______________.  Naval Signal Book of the United States of America.  Washington:  GPO, 1873.
    _______________.  _______________.  Signal Tactics, U.S.N.  Washington, 1873.
    Manning, T.  Commodore's Signal Book (1874)
    U.S. Department of the Navy.  Bureau of Navigation.  General Signal Book of the Navy of the United States of America.  Washington:  GPO, 1876.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of Maritime Nations, from the Most Authentic Sources, 5th Ed.  Washington:  GPO, 1882.
    _______________.  _______________.  General Signal Book of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1898.
    _______________.  _______________.  Boat Signals for the Use of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1898.
    _______________.  Bureau of Equipment.  Flags of Maritime Nations.  Washington:  GPO, 1899.
    _______________.  Bureau of Construction and Repair.  Flags of Maritime Nations.  Washington:  GPO, 1914.
    _______________.  Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.  Flags of the United States and Other Countries, H.O. No. 87 Supplement.  Washington:  Hydrographic Office, 1924.
    _______________.  _______________.   Flags of the United States and Other Countries, H.O. No. 87 Supplement.  Washington:  Hydrographic Office, 1928.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of the United States and Other Countries, H.O. No. 87 Supplement.  Washington:  Hydrographic Office, 1928.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of the United States and Other Countries, H.O. No. 87 Supplement.  Washington:  Hydrographic Office, 1933.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags of the United States and Other Countries, H.O. No. 89.  Washington:  Hydrographic Office, 1938.
    _______________.  _______________.  Flags and Pennants of the United States Navy.  H.O. No. 89b.  Washington:  Hydrographic Office, 1946.
    _______________.  _______________.  Directorate of Naval Communications.  DNC 27, U.S. Naval Flags and Pennants:  Description, Uses and Customs.  Washington:  GPO, 1952.
    _______________.  _______________.  _______________.  DNC 27(A), Flags, Pennants and Customs.  Washington:  GPO, 1965.
    _______________.  Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.  The Battle Streamers of the U.S. Marine Corps, NAVMC 2637.  Washington:  HQ USMC Historical Division, 1971.
    _______________.  Naval History Division.  Battle Streamers of the United States Navy.  Washington:  GPO, 1972.
    _______________.  Naval Communications Command.  DNC 27(B), Flags, Pennants and Customs.  Washington:  GPO, 1973.
    _______________.  _______________.  NTP 13, Flags, Pennants and Customs.  Washington:  Department of the Navy, 1977.
    U.S. Department of the Navy, Naval Telecommunications Command.  NTP 13(A), Flags, Pennants and Customs (1986)


III.  Books and Articles

McCandless, Byron, and Gilbert Grosvenor.  "Flags of the World," National Geographic (Oct 1917)
Philibert, Helene.  "Those Carried in the Tops of Ships," Proceedings (March 1931) 365-68.
Preble, George Henry.