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[edit] Removed "US Yacht Ensign"
I removed this example image from the article, and replaced it with the red ensign (because that's a valid example of a special yacht/merchant ensign). The reason is that the so-called "US Yacht Ensign" does not exist. There used to be such an ensign, and it looked like this, but it never had any real legal standing as a national ensign, and it was abolished entirely in 1980.[1]
Many US vessels do in fact wear this flag as an ensign. In US waters, this is OK, because small pleasure boats don't need an ensign in US waters; so you could wear the Mickey Mouse flag if you wanted to. However, any documented vessel, or any vessel in international waters, must wear a legal ensign, which for US vessels is the Stars and Stripes.[2] (Don't get me started about the number of US yachts insulting the flag by flying it on the flag hoist as a courtesy or signal flag...)[3] — Johan the Ghost seance 20:41, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed merger
I just don't think that naval ensign is a big enough subject in its own right to merit an article; it could easily be a sub-section of ensign. So, unless anyone has any ideas for a major expansion of naval ensign, I suggest merger. Note that we don't have articles on "civil ensign" and "merchant ensign". — Johan the Ghost seance 17:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- In the meantime we have Civil ensign and I would suggest expanding the article naval ensign. There is a lot to show there, but I have to collect and check information on this topic first.
--Mevsfotw 23:24, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
