CostaRica. Greece. argentineRepublic. Denmark Guatemala. AUSTRO-HUNGARY. Ecuador Hawaiian Islands. . Belgium Egypt. Haiti. Bolivia RANGE. Honduras The international code ofsignals for the use ofall nations United States. Hydrographic Office Chili GreatBritain. Japan . With the eotHfthmrritsofthe Unitetl .States Tfydrographic Office. J.R.Bmtlett.(lammanderl.S.Xavv. Hy«iro^i-M|»hi'ftotin*iim-rnuofNnvit;ntiuu. Wiixhiitgtan.U.C. DigitizedbyGoogle DigitizedbyGoogle uigiuzeobyGoogle NATIONAL COLORS WORN BY ALL 1 UNITED STATES VESSELS. UNIONJACK. tniiinirfiT*~ Google 0 HE T INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS, THE USE OF ALL NATIONS. AMERICAN EDITION. THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OFTHE NAVY BY BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1882. DigitizedbyGoogle I NOTICE. TheAmericaneditionofthe InternationalCodeofSignalshasbeen prepared,*andisnowpublished,by the Burenn ofNavigation,under theauthorityoftheSecretaryoftheNavy. Ithas been the purpose ofthe NavalAdministration, in assuming theresponsiblecareofthis publication,while providiug forthe com- parativelylimitedwantsinthisregardoftheNavy,to make available forthe Commercial Mariue of the United Statesa standard edition oftheInternationalCode,whichmaybehadatthemerecostofpaper, printing,andbiudiug.t ThepresenteditionhasbeencarefullyadaptedtothewantsofAmer- ican Navigators,while the strictest attention has beengiven to the accuracyofthetextofthecode,inPartsIand II,uponwhich itsvalue asamediumofinternationalcommunicationchieflydepends. ThepreparationofPart111hasbeen based upon the latest official editions ofthe International Code, especially those ofEngland and France,aidedbysuch other information as appeared to be availahle bearinguponthesubjectsthereintreated. •Undertheeditorial chargeofProfessorB.F.Greene,U.8.N.,Superintendentol Compass**,BureauofNavigation,NavyDepartment. Thecodeisstereotyped. DigitizedbyGoogle ——— ; CONTENTS. Page. National Colors worn by all vessels op the United States Frontispiece. TlTLE-PAOE l OfficialNoticeopPublication ii TableofContents iii Introduction Eft OriginoftheCode vii ReportoftheCommittee vii ObjectoftbeCode xiii DescriptionoftbeCode xiii Code-ListofShips .> xiv DescriptionoftheCode-Symbols xv NationalColors worn by Merchant-ships op different countries Plato Signal-Flags op the International Code, (Universal Series) do. Instructions and Examples do. PART L ContainstheCondensedCode,viz: (a) TbeTwo-FlagandtheThree-Flagsignalsofsuchwordsand sen tencesasareusuallyrequiredforgeneralcommunicationsandinquiries bysignals (6) TheGeographicalSignalsandtheNumeralTables. Pageof Eart_L — SectAitotnentI.ionUrorgeDnetmaannddI—mCpoormtpaansts—SiDgnaanlgser orDistress. 1 SectAibomanansdItIoe.n—d——DaDAimgsartgroeeusnsad—n—dFiCrIaenp—jsuirFzyoetu—ondSCehoirllp—isLieoank——DWaatmeargleog—geDdis- 5 Wreck. — — Section III. Gener—al Communications Stra—nge Sai—l—Signals 8 Communicatin—g Letters or Dispatches Mails— News Newspapers Privateers or S—uspicious Craft Speaking aTenldegRrealpalttiinngg—toRaoit1whearyVs—essPeulbslicSCigonnalvse,yaFnlacegss.,Ensigns DigitizedbyGoogle