[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 33, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2001] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 33CFR23.20] [Page 92] TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 23--DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS FOR COAST GUARD VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents Sec. 23.20 Coast Guard commission pennant. The Coast Guard commission pennant shall have the union part composed of thirteen blue stars in a horizontal line on a white field, one-fourth the length of the pennant; the remaining three-fourths shall consist of sixteen vertical stripes of equal width, alternate red and white, beginning with the red, and a tail piece of red about one-fifth the entire length of the pennant, ending in a swallow tail. [CGFR 57-35, 22 FR 6765, Aug. 22, 1957, as amended by CGFR 71-75, 36 FR 13268, July 17, 1971]