33 CFR § 23.20 - Coast Guard commission pennant.

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title: "33 CFR § 23.20 - Coast Guard commission pennant."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "23.20"
section_name: "Coast Guard commission pennant."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
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subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "23"
part_name: "DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS FOR COAST GUARD VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT"
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# 23.20 Coast Guard commission pennant.

The Coast Guard commission pennant shall have the union part composed of thirteen blue stars in a horizontal line on a white field, one-fourth the length of the pennant; the remaining three-fourths shall consist of sixteen vertical stripes of equal width, alternate red and white, beginning with the red, and a tail piece of red about one-fifth the entire length of the pennant, ending in a swallow tail.

[CGFR 57-35, 22 FR 6765, Aug. 22, 1957, as amended by CGFR 71-75, 36 FR 13268, July 17, 1971]