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This template is used to select the appropriate ensign of the United States Navy for the Ship flag parameter of {{Infobox Ship Career}}. The template was created because the flag of the United States changed whenever a new state was admitted to the union. Its intent is to make getting the right ensign easier. Usage {{USN flag| year}}
The ensign of the United States is the flag of the United States when worn as an ensign (a type of maritime flag identifying nationality, usually flown from the stern of a ship or boat, or from an installation or facility of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard or the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration ashore). [1]
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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.
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Many maritime flags have been used in the United States. All maritime vessels and naval warships belonging to the United States (with a few exceptions such as U.S. Coast Guard vessels) fly the ensign of the United States, which is identical to the national flag of the United States (though originally was a design similar to the Grand Union Flag).
The jack of the United States, referred to as the Union Jack [1] by the U.S. Navy, is a maritime jack flag flown on the bow of U.S. vessels that are moored or anchored. In addition to commissioned U.S. Navy ships, the jack is used by the U.S. Coast Guard, [2] the Military Sealift Command, the ships of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other U.S. government entities.