US. Navy

Semaphore

Visual Signals Are Sent Ship To Ship Or Ship To Shore Via Hand Held Flag, Pennants Displayed Or By Blinking Light Sending Morse Code

Hand        Signal  Flag

Pennant Signal Phonetic Name

Pennant Non Phonetic Meaning

Morse Code Radio Blinker

ALFA

Diver Down Keep Clear Slow Speed

. - A

BRAVO

I I Have Or Am Discharging Dangerous Cargo

- ... B

CHARLIE

Yes Or Affirmative I

-.-. C

DELTA

I Have Maneuvering Difficulties Keep Clear

-.. D

ECHO

I Am Barring To A Starboard Course (To the right)

. E

FOXTROT

I Am    Disabled Communicate With Me

..-. F

GULF

I Require A Pilot

--. G

HOTEL

I Have Pilot On Board

.... H

INDIA

I Am Bearing Course To Port (left) Coming Alongside

.. I

JULIET

I Am On Fire An Have Dangerous Cargo Stay Clear

.. J

KILO

I Wish To Communicate With You

.. K

LIMA  green background color only

You Should Stop Your Vessel Immediately

.-.. L

MIKE

My Vessel Is Stopped Making No Way

-- M

When Sending Morse By Either Visual Or Audible Signals, The Sending Speed Should Be Consistent. Measure Your Speed In This Way. The Time Span Of Dot Equals 1 Which I Show Here Using The Symbol &. So Now & Is Our Time Span Equal To One Dot. If This Is So Than The Span Time Of One Dash Is Three Or &&&. In Other Words If Someone Is Viewing Your Flashing Signal They Would see The Dash Three Time Longer Than They Would See The Dot. The Span Between Each Character, Meaning What You Send To Make One Letter Is 1 or &. Between Each Letter Or Number 3 Or &&& Between Each Word,7 Or &&&&&&&. Check The Example For Sending The Phase. "So What" .&.&.&&&---&---&---&(That Was Three Dots Followed By Three Dashes Or ...s---o=So) Now You Know The Span For A Character And One Word, It Stays The Same So We Will Just Show The & Symbol Now For The Rest Of The Phase. As Follows: ...S ---O&&&&&&& .--W ....H .-A -T &&&&&&&. Remember A Span Of One Between Characters 3 Between Letters 7 Between Words. A Span Of Eight Is Used To Mean Error, Erase Last Word. Remember You Erase Last Word Not Last Letter, Unless Of Course You Made A Mistake On The First Letter Of The Word. Practice While Watching The Beam Of Your Flashlight On A Wall Or Mirror. Takes Time But You Will Get The Hang OF It.

NOVEMBER

No Or   Negative

-. N

OSCAR

Man Overboard

--- O

PAPA

All Personnel Return To Ship (If In Port) Proceeding To Sea

.--. P

QUEBEC

Boat Call All Boats Return To Ship

---. Q

ROMEO

Preparing To Replenish

.-. R

SIERRA

Conducting Flag Hoist Drill

... S

TANGO

Do Not Pass Ahead Of Me

- T

UNIFORM

You Are Running Into Danger

..- U

VICTOR

I Require Assistance

...- V

WHISKEY

I Require Medical Assistance

.-- W

X-RAY

Stop Carrying Out Your Intentions Watch For My Signal

-..- X

Yankee

Ship Has Visual Communication Duty

-.-- Y

ZULU green background color only

I Require A Tug

--.. Z

Morse For Numbers

0 -----	1 .----	2 ..---	3 ...--	4 ....-
5 .....	6 -....	7 --...	8 ---..	9 ----.

You Can Go Here And Type A Message And Listen As Your Message Is Sent In Code Or Use It To Test Your Skill Reading What Is Sent. You Can Increase The Speed As You Learn. Just Click The Send Key

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