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Originally Posted by Uyraell
I have no reason to believe the US Navy would have been very different in this in the preceding century.
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When preparing the signal flags for my USS Commodore Perry I found that there were no particular standards in the USS navy during the Civil War. Each Admiral and/or Commodore (as well as Generals where the Army had control of the boats/ships.) had their own methods for signals and they were frequently changed so that the CSS Navy/Army couldn't use the signals from the USS boats and ships. I used a prototype photo of the Perry and rigged flags accordingly. The actual artwork for my flags was 19th century English because I found crisp artwork. I hope I haven't signaled something icky!