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Cincpac File No.
A2-11/FF12(2)
S19/(90)
Serial 01739		 UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET
U.S.S. PENNSYLVANIA, Flagship

CONFIDENTIAL Pearl Harbor, T. H.,
October 24, 1941.

PACIFIC FLEET CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE 18CN-41

From: Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet
To  : PACIFIC FLEET
 
Subject: Painting of Insignia on Ships.
 
Reference: (a) Cincus conf. ltr. S19/(0457) of 27 March 1941.

1.Paragraph 1 of the reference requires that special ship insignia be omitted. Also, a number of individual ships have been instructed to that effect by the forwarding endorsement of the Commander-in-Chief on awards of Navy E's.

2.This requirement is hereby so far modified that all E's to which ships are entitled may be worn provided they are painted in such locations that they are not visible from outside the ship.

3.All insignia that are now visible from outside the ship shall be removed.

 

H. E. KIMMEL.

DISTRIBUTION: (5CM-41)
   List II, Case 2; A, X2,
   EN3, EN28, ND11-14, ND11AC, NY8-10.    
EN3; Office of Naval Operations, EN7; Bureau of Construction and Repair, Naval Shipyards: NY8; Puget Sound , NY9; Mare Island, NY9-1; Hunter's Point, NY10; Pearl Harbor
   Cincaf A1. Cinclant A1.

P. C. CROSLEY,
Flag Secretary.

USS Penn.—83—10-25-41—1,100.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCE:
National Archives & Records Administration, Seattle Branch
Record Group 181, Classified Central Subject Files, 1934-41

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