| Item title: | Signal flags used by Japanese naval and merchant ships |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 12/73) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS research reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 12/73 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 12/- |
| Item: | RR-96 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 8 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Information report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 15/6/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | FLAG SIGNALLING, FLAGS, SIGNALS, NAVAL OPERATIONS, MERCHANT VESSELS, METEOROLOGY |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Fukui Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) research report issued on 15 June 1945 on signal flags used by Japanese naval and merchant ships. It contains information on flag signals which appeared to be unusual or an irregular combination of flags and other emblems, including sleeves, the national flag, ensigns and the national flag, code signal flags for Japanese syllabary, semaphore signals, speed cones, signals identifying vessels in Wakasa Bay (eastern coast of Japan, Fukui Prefecture), extracts from the signalling textbook, and meteorological and other flags. The appendix includes coloured diagrams of the code flags representing the Japanese syllabary, various signal flags used in the Inland Sea, meteorological flags, wind-chart flags, daylight storm warnings and night storm warnings. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:32 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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