48 Star Naval Jack

[csaanv]

This photo is of DE-634, USS Whitehurst docked in Pearl Harbor, ca. early 1950s. This was my father's ship during the Korean Conflict. Note the large naval jack flying from the bow. This picture was most likely taken on a Sunday or a holiday as ships are required to fly their larger ensigns and jacks on these days.
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[Robin Hickman]

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This is a photo of my old ship, the USS Orleck (DD-886) as she is being towed to her new (temporary) berth in her new home port of Lake Charles, Louisiana back on May 20th, 2010.

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I don't believe that she was flying a naval jack during her "Big Tow" from Orange, Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana on May 19th & 20th, 2010.

I donated the 6'x10' American Flag flying from the Main Mast. I wish I'd been able to find a nice big (BIGGER!) 10'x19' Flag that I could have afforded to buy. Sigh.....


Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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[csaanv]

Nice ship photo. What is the other flag aft of the US ensign? Navy Dept.? Were you ever stationed in Norfolk?

[Peter Ansoff]

There are two more photos in this article

Article - Floating piece of history arrives in LC

of the Orleck's arrival. The one of her under the I-10 bridge appears to show the "First Navy Jack" on the jackstaff.

Could the flag on the after mast be the state flag of Louisiana?

Peter Ansoff

[Robin Hickman]

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Peter : Thank You for the link to the "American Express" front page story and photos. Yes, they were flying a naval jack (by the looks of it, it was the purported "First Naval Jack") at the bow of the ship!


PETER & CSAANV : The flag flying from the top of the EW (Electronic Warfare) shack and antenna cluster was (in my picture) the U.S. Navy flag.


CSAANV (Mike?) : No, I was never stationed anywhere on the East Coast. I don't belive that the ORLECK was either. I believe that the Orleck was home ported in Long Beach (where I was born) and San Diego, California, and for a few years in the mid-1960's in Japan. Before she was given (sold?) to the nation of Turkey in October, 1982, she was homeported as a U.S. Naval Reserve training ship in Tacoma, Washington starting in late 1973.


Robin Hickman
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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