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[ ](../images/u/us%5Flss.gif)image by Joe McMillan, 30 June 2001
Lifesaving Service Station Pennant

• Description

See also:

• Coast Guard
• Departmental Flags
• United States of America

Description

Before being incorporated into the Coast Guard, the Lifesaving Service was divided into 12 districts. Stations in each district were distinguished by a pennant divided into three vertical stripes, blue, white, and red, with a white star in the upper hoist. This pennant was displayed below a flag identifying the district:

• 1st District (Maine and New Hampshire) - Solid red.
• 2nd District (Massachusetts) - Divided horizontally white over blue.
• 3rd District (Rhode Island and Long Island, NY) - Solid blue.
• 4th District (New Jersey) - Divided horizontally white over red.
• 5th District (Cape Henlopen (mouth of Delaware River) to Cape Charles (mouth of Chesapeake Bay)) - Divided horizontally blue over white.
• 6th District (Cape Henry (mouth of Chesapeake Bay) to Cape Fear, North Carolina) - Divided horizontally red over blue.
• 7th District (South Carolina, Georgia, Atlantic coast of Florida) - Divided horizontally red over white.
• 8th District (Gulf of Mexico coast) - Solid red swallowtailed.
• 9th District (Lakes Erie and Ontario) - Solid white swallowtailed.
• 10th District (Lakes Huron and Superior) - Solid blue swallowtailed.
• 11th District (Lake Michigan) - Swallowtailed, divided horizontally red over white.
• 12th District (Pacific Coast) - Swallowtailed, white with blue stripes along upper and lower edges.

Joe McMillan, 30 June 2001
Source: "Official Danger, Distress and Storm Signal Codes for Signal Service Sea-Coast Stations and Mariners (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883) (a small book issued by the War Department's Chief Signal Officer)