A pennant is usually a narrow tapering flag most commonly flown by ships at sea. A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ...

A commissioning pennant is the traditional sign of a warship, and is flown from the masthead while the ship is in commission. The Commissioning pennant or Masthead pennant is a pennant (also spelt pendant) flown from the masthead of a warship. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... A masthead, ususally found on the editorial page of a newspaper, most often lists the members of the newspapers editorial board. ... In law a commission is a patent which allows a person to take possession of a state office and carry out official acts and duties. ...

A broad pennant in the Royal Navy is a swallow-tailed tapering flag flown from the masthead of a ship to indicate the presence of a commodore. It is so called because its dimensions are roughly 2:3. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The military rank of Commodore is used in some navies for officers whose position exceeds that of a Captain, but is less than that of a flag officer. ...

A church pennant in European navies is flown during church services. In the United States Navy, a pennant is also flown over the national colors during religious services. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

Unlike the triangular pennant, most national and departmental flags are rectangular; the national flag of Nepal and the state flag of Ohio in the U.S. are the only notable modern flags to be a variation of the standard pennant. In geometry, a rectangle is a defined as a quadrilateral polygon in which all four angles are right angles. ... State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 km² (34th)  - Land 106,154 km²  - Water 10,044 km² (8. ...

In many localities within the United States, a pennant-shaped sign, yellow in color and marked with the words "No Passing Zone," is placed along a roadside, and denotes the start of a stretch of a two-lane highway in which one vehicle is not legally permitted to pass another traveling in the same direction. This is not, however, universal; other jurisdictions make use of a white, rectangular sign emblazoned with the words "Do Not Pass," for this purpose.

See also Maritime flags Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. ...

In team sports, a pennant is a commemorative flag flown by the champion of a league, and has come to refer to the league championship itself. In baseball, the "pennant race" is the last few weeks of the regular season (often expressed specifically as the month of September), when lower-ranked teams are steadily eliminated from contention, leaving the three divisional champions and one wild card team from each league at the beginning of the playoffs. The winners of the American League Championship Series and National League Championship Series are then each said to have won their league's respective pennant. Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... In playing card terms, a wild card is a card that can be assigned any value its holder desires. ... A playoff in sports (North American professional sports in particular) is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion. ... In Major League Baseball, the American League Championship Series (ALCS) determines who wins the American League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series. ... In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series. ...