The NOAA flag has a long history, going back to at least 1899 with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey flag. Although some aspects of the flag have been altered and additional flags have joined it, the main elements remain unchanged since then.
Sketch by U.S. Coast Survey surveyor Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, 1850.This 1850 sketch by surveyor Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow of the U.S. Coast Survey illustrates a humorous scene of a survey party relaxing at Richmond Island, Maine.
This flag is only flown when the Secretary of the Treasury is aboard ship. The USC&GS was under the Treasury Department until 1903.Excerpt from a 1925 U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey banquet menu, showing the Coast Survey flag and the Director’s flag.
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