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    This document provides information about flaghoist signaling used by naval reservists. It discusses the advantages of flaghoist signaling including providing rapid communication between ships. It describes the parts of a flag, key terminology used in flag signaling like halyards and points of hoist. It explains procedures for reading multiple flag hoists and the meanings of individual alphabet flags from A to Z including signals for divers, weapons practice, and man overboard. The overall purpose is to teach students the system and meanings of flaghoist signals.

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    This document provides information about flaghoist signaling used by naval reservists. It discusses the advantages of flaghoist signaling including providing rapid communication between ships. It describes the parts of a flag, key terminology used in flag signaling like halyards and points of hoist. It explains procedures for reading multiple flag hoists and the meanings of individual alphabet flags from A to Z including signals for divers, weapons practice, and man overboard. The overall purpose is to teach students the system and meanings of flaghoist signals.

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    This document provides information about flaghoist signaling used by naval reservists. It discusses the advantages of flaghoist signaling including providing rapid communication between ships. It describes the parts of a flag, key terminology used in flag signaling like halyards and points of hoist. It explains procedures for reading multiple flag hoists and the meanings of individual alphabet flags from A to Z including signals for divers, weapons practice, and man overboard. The overall purpose is to teach students the system and meanings of flaghoist signals.

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    This document provides information about flaghoist signaling used by naval reservists. It discusses the advantages of flaghoist signaling including providing rapid communication between ships. It describes the parts of a flag, key terminology used in flag signaling like halyards and points of hoist. It explains procedures for reading multiple flag hoists and the meanings of individual alphabet flags from A to Z including signals for divers, weapons practice, and man overboard. The overall purpose is to teach students the system and meanings of flaghoist signals.

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    THE HOME OF NAVAL RESERVISTS IN THE SOUTH

    FLAGHOIST SIGNALLING

    1
    CHAPTER
    Chapter 1 VI

    LECTURE ON
    FLAGHOIST SIGNALING
    LEARNING OUTCOME
    Learning Outcome:

    After the class discussion, the students are


    expected to:

    ❖Be able to know what is flaghoist signaling and its


    advantages
    ❖Know the procedures in flaghoist signalling
    ❖Know the different meanings of flags as hoisted
    aboard ship
    ADVANTAGES

    1. Provides a rapid and accurate system of handling


    tactical and international signals of reasonable length
    during daytime between ships in proximity.
    2. Ensures a more uniform execution of a
    maneuver than any other system.
    3. The navy uses the international alphabet flags,
    numeral flags and pennants, special flags and
    pennants and Navy flags.
    PARTS OF FLAG
    1. Flag - the length of the flag measured from the staff
    to the outside edge.
    2. Hoist - is the vertical width of the flag when flying
    free.
    3. Tabling - the double thickness of bunting type,
    bound and switch which is at the hoist of the flag.
    4. Tail line - a short length of halyard attached to the
    lower part of the tabling and carrying the snap hook,
    it serves as the spacer separating the flags of a hoist
    for clearness.
    TERMINOLOGIES
    1. Flag bag - a bag of flame metal covered with
    canvass where signal bags are stowed.
    2. Halyards - light lines used in bending flags -
    numbered from out board to in board.
    *Uphaul - part of halyard that is made fast to the last
    flag in a hoist.
    3. Retriever - a separate line attached with a metal
    ring to each halyard used to recover a lost flag.
    4. Point of hoist - the block attached to the yardarm
    through which the halyard carrying the hoist is rove.
    TERMINOLOGIES
    5. At the dip - when the hoist is three fourth of the
    way up toward the point of hoist.
    6. Closed-up - when the top flag is touching the point
    of hoist.
    7. Dipped - one a signal is closed up and is lowered a
    fourth of the way down from the point of hoist.
    8. Hoist - a signal consisting of one or more flags in a
    single halyard.
    9. Display - a complete signal, whether on one hoist or
    on one hoist or on two or more adjacent hoist.
    TERMINOLOGIES

    10. Tack line - a 6 feet length of halyard having a ring


    at one end and a snap hook at the other used to
    separate flags or groups of flag.
    PROCEDURES IN READING FLAGHOIST

    1. Single joist - from top to down


    2. Two or more hoist - from top to down, from
    outboard
    3. Triatic stay - from top to down, from forward to
    4. Yardarm of different heights - from higher to
    lower yardarm
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG

    1. Flag A
    a. Divers of friendly
    underwater demolition
    personnel down.
    b. Displayed where best seen
    c. Position indicator - precede
    numerals latitude and longitude
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    2. Flag B
    a. Weapons practices
    b. Fueling or transferring of
    explosives
    c. Displayed on appropriate
    side or where best seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    3. Flag C
    a. Affirmative
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    4. Flag D
    a. Degaussing
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    5. Flag E
    – I am altering my course
    to starboard
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    6. Flag F
    a. Flight operations
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    7. Flag G
    a. Guide flag
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    8. Flag H
    a. Helicopter operations
    b. Displayed on appropriate
    side or where best seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    9. Flag I
    a. Going alongside (In port or
    at anchor)
    b. Displayed on side rigged
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    10. Flag J
    a. Semaphore message
    b. Where best seen
    c. Answered by
    addressee(s)
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    11. Flag K
    a. Personnel working aloft
    b. Displayed where best
    seen In port only
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    12. Flag L
    a. RADRAZ ZERO WARMING
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    13. Flag M
    a. Medical duty ship (Not
    underway)
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    c. Movements
    (Underway)-disregard my
    movements
    d. Displayed where best
    seen, repeated by addressee(s)
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    14. Flag N
    a. Your movements not
    understood
    b. Displayed where best
    seen, repeated by addressee(s)
    c. Visual watch--not
    keeping visual watch
    In port- displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    15. Flag O
    a. Man overboard
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    16. Flag P
    a. General recall - all
    personnel belonging to this unit
    return to ship immediately.
    b. In port
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    17. Flag Q
    a. Boat recall
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    18. Flag R
    a. Replenishing or transferring
    alongside method
    b. Fueling astern method
    c. Displayed on side rigged/
    on side hose is rigged
    d. Ready duty ship (Roger
    ship)
    e. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    19. Flag S
    a. Drill signal - signal flying is
    for flaghoist drill only
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    20. Flag T
    a. Time indicator - precede
    numerals
    b. Displayed where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    21. Flag U
    a. Anchoring, mooring,
    weighing anchor
    b. Displayed where best
    seen or on appropriate side
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    22. Flag V
    a. Streaming/recovering
    towed sonic devices not
    including mine sweeping
    equipment.
    b. Displayed on
    appropriate side or where best
    seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    23. Flag W
    a. Information addressee- info
    addressee follow
    b. At yardarm
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    24. Flag X
    a. Exercise -
    evolution/exercise completed
    b. Displayed at fore
    yardarm repeated by
    addressee(s)
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    25. Flag Y
    a. Acknowledge - repeated by
    addressee
    b. Displayed at yardarm
    c. Location of OTC
    d. Displayed where best
    seen
    e. Visual communication
    duty ship - A visual
    communication duty ship
    f. Displayed where best seen
    MEANING OF ALPHABET
    FLAG
    26. Flag Z
    a. I require a tug.
    b. When made by fishing
    vessels operating in close
    proximity on the fishing grounds,
    it means “I am shooting nets”.
    END of
    LECTURE

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