Captain Kirk

[dawg80]

http://news.yahoo.com/captain-kirk-n...135551630.html

Capt. James "T" Kirk not a better name for getting things done in the name of righteous. Now, if he only commanded a ship named Enterprise...

[hookdown]

He has a tough road ahead, that ship is full of technology that has not been tried at sea yet. Plus, the ship design has some significant questions. I wish him the very best!


http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/20...g-z-party.html

[JuBru]

Unrelated beyond being part of the Navy, but can someone tell me why the USS Antietam would be flying the flags of China and Hong Kong?
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[dawg80]

Unrelated beyond being part of the Navy, but can someone tell me why the USS Antietam would be flying the flags of China and Hong Kong?
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Not sure. But maybe has something to do with the port you're in. Some kind of salute, I guess, to your hosts.

Any Navy guys here?

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Unrelated beyond being part of the Navy, but can someone tell me why the USS Antietam would be flying the flags of China and Hong Kong?
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Obama decided to sell it to China to help pay for his and Michelle's worldwide trips, golf and their personal health insurance plans.

[JuBru]

Obama decided to sell it to China to help pay for his and Michelle's worldwide trips, golf and their personal health insurance plans.

Aircraft carriers would make for some awesome yachts.

[hookdown]

Not sure about this one.


Seems that it violates #1:


Foreign Flags on U.S. ShipsCourtesy Ensigns

Many countries require either as a matter law or of customary practice that foreign vessels in their territorial waters display the host country's flag. This flag is known as a "courtesy ensign." When a host country has a merchant ensign that differs from its national flag used ashore, it is the merchant ensign that is displayed as the courtesy ensign. According to The Commander's Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations, however, "a warship cannot be required . . . to fly the flag of the host nation." U.S. policy is that public vessels, including warships as well as civilian-manned ships belonging to the Military Sealift Command and other U.S. government vessels, enjoy sovereign immune status, that they are exempt from the jurisdiction of any other state. Because complying with a coastal state's regulations purporting to require the display of its flag in its waters or ports could be construed as an admission that the U.S. public vessel is subject to the coastal state's jurisdiction, all U.S. public vessels are forbidden from flying courtesy ensigns.
Foreign Ensigns While Rendering Honors

As described at the page on Navy flag ceremonies, a Navy or Coast Guard ship firing a salute in honor of a foreign country or a foreign officer or dignitary does fly that country's naval ensign at a masthead as prescribed by Navy Regulations. This practice is sometimes misinterpreted as a violation of the U.S. Flag Code, as it seems to involve placing a foreign flag above that of the United States. In fact, the Flag Code has no bearing on naval flag practice; by its own terms the Flag Code applies only to "civilians or civilian groups or organizations as may not be required to conform with regulations promulgated by one or more executive departments of the Government of the United States." Furthermore, the Flag Code speaks of displaying a foreign flag "equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of" the American flag. On a ship, the place of superior prominence and honor is the flagstaff at the stern (when not under way) or the gaff (when under way). Any masthead is a place of inferior honor to either of these. Moreover, both the Coast Guard and the Navy have stated that "above" in the nautical context means at a higher level at the same point of hoist, given the distinctive arrangement of the masts and rigging used for nautical flag display.
Dressing and Full-Dressing in Honor of Foreign Festivities

As with salutes, a ship that is dressed or full-dressed for a foreign festivity or solemnity flies that country's naval ensign at the head of the mainmast. As with flags displayed for salutes, this practice does not contravene the Flag Code's prohibition against displaying a foreign flag "above" the American flag, whether the ship dressed is a warship or a merchant vessel.


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