🔍 Key Concepts

• International Code of Signals (INTERCO) procedures for initiating communication • The meaning of the code pennant versus identity signal flags • How a warship properly identifies and addresses a specific merchant vessel

💭 Think About

• Which option describes a standard, formal signaling procedure used internationally, rather than something informal or ceremonial? • In normal flag signaling, what is the role of an identity signal compared with a general communication signal? • Which method would best allow a warship to begin, maintain, and clearly identify a signaling exchange with a particular merchant ship?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which option refers to a flag that means “I am using the International Code of Signals” • Check whether the merchant's identity signal is usually hoisted by the other ship or by the vessel that owns that signal • Consider which choice matches how long the indicated flag or pennant is normally kept hoisted during signal communication