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a boat of his/her command or one assigned for his/her personal use. An additional staff ornament of the same type must top the flagstaff in the bow upon which the personal flag, command pennant, or commission pennant is displayed. Figure 10-4 shows sketches of the different ornaments used today by the Navy. The topping ornament must have a highly polished brass finish. See NTP 13, chapter 11, for rules governing the display of flagstaff topping ornaments. HONORS LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Explain the procedures for conducting passing honors, side honors, honors for official visits, and honors on relief of command. List occasions when honors can be dispensed with. In this section, we explain the different procedures used for conducting the different types of honors. PASSING HONORS In some cases, the distinctive mark flown from a ship indicates the grade of the senior line officer on board and, thus, is a means of determining who should initiate passing honors. The commanders in chief of the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets periodically issue a list of ships and subdivisions of the fleet with the name and lineal number of each commanding officer and commander. The list helps determine who should initiate honors, but because unit commanders occasionally ride other ships, Signalmen must be alert to distinctive marks being flown. Passing honors are those honors other than gun salutes that are rendered on occasion between Navy and/or Coast Guard ships or embarked officials or officers that pass, or are passed, close aboard. Close aboard means passing within 600 yards for ships and 400 yards for boats, but both frequently are extended to ensure that appropriate honors are rendered. Sequence for Rendering Passing Honors Most frequently, passing honors consist of saluting the ship or official passing. When the bow of a ship passes the bow or stern of another commissioned ship or boat, attention to the appropriate side is called by sounding one or two whistles over the 1 MC. All hands in view on that side and not in ranks face outboard. “Hand salute” is sounded. When the other ship or the official returns the salute, "Two" and then “Carry on” are sounded. Bugle, whistle, and passing the word are used for passing honors, with bugle being the preferred method. Bugle or whistle signals are as follows: One blast—Attention to starboard Two blasts—Attention to port One blast—Render salute Two blasts—Terminate salute, remain at attention Three blasts-Carry on In addition, the honors prescribed in table 10-4 are rendered by a ship of the Navy passing close aboard a ship or naval station displaying the flag of the official indicated and by a naval station, when practicable, when a ship displaying such a flag passes close aboard. These honors, and all honors between ships, are acknowledged by rendering the same honors in return. The honors prescribed in table l0-5 are rendered by a ship of the Navy passing or being passed close aboard by a boat displaying the flag of a civil official indicated. Honors to Armed Forces officers displaying a personal flag or command pennant from the bow of a boat are the same as those for passing Navy ships. When a ship of the Navy is passing the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, between sunrise and sunset, passing honors consisting of sounding “Attention” and rendering the hand salute by Figure 10-4.—Flagstaff topping ornaments. 10-14

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