National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)

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by Joe McMillan, 29 August 1999

• Description
• Administrator
• Deputy Administrator
• Chief Scientist
• Vice Admiral
• Rear Admiral
• Rear Admiral (lower half)
• Ship's Pennant

See also:

• Department of Commerce
• Departmental Flags
• United States of America

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admininstration, part of the Department of Commerce, is the scientific organization that includes the National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Weather Service, and other related organizations. Among other things, it operates a fleet of about 15 ocean-going research ships and has a corps of about 250 uniformed commissioned officers who hold naval rank titles.

The NOAA service flag is the old U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey flag (a blue flag with a red triangle on a white circle centered on the field) altered by the addition of the NOAA logo (a dark and light blue circle divided by the stylized profile of a seagull) on the triangle. The USC&GS was one of the principal organizations that was amalgamated into NOAA. It goes back to at least 1915; I have seen photographs from that time of USC&GS vessels with it hoisted at the head of the foremast.
Joe McMillan, 29 August 1999

Personal flags of senior NOAA civilian offi