Mare Island Founder’s Day

Signal Flag and Morse Code Chart, 1941

This chart depicts flags representing the full set of 26 letters, the phonetic alphabet, adopted in 1941, three repeats, numerals 1 through 0, and the full set of Morse code symbols (dots and dashes).

Semaphore Chart

This chart depicts 30 semaphore characters, including 26 letters, (named using the phonetic alphabet adopted in 1941) and four additional special instructions characters. When prefaced, letters A -through K (excluding J) can also represent 10 numerals (A =1… K= 0).