List of Ship Flags

Revision as of 09:29, 13 January 2021

Name	Earned Via	Effect	Notes
Armada	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing all premium ships released to date.	None.	"For those that have built the largest of fleets and given continuous support to World of Warships!"
Graf Spee	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Admiral Graf Spee.	None.	"The vessel was named after Admiral Maximilian von Spee, commander of the East Asia Squadron that fought the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands, where he was killed in action, in World War I."
Admiral Makarov	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Admiral Makarov. (???)	None.	"Designer, Oceanographer, Commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet."
Aigle	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Aigle.	None.	Aigle ("Eagle") was the lead ship in a series of large destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) named after predatory birds: Gerfaut ("Gyrfalcon"), Vautour ("Vulture"), Épervier ("Sparrowhawk"), Albatross, and Milan ("Kite"). The primary task for the ships of this type was to hunt down destroyers.
Azur Lane – Montpelier	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing AL Montpelier.	None.	"Did you know? The Cleveland-class light cruisers were the best in the Eagle Union during the great war, so you should show more respect towards big sis. As for me: Rennell Islands, Empress Augusta Bay, and a few other operations, I guess I did participate in some engagements."
Azur Lane – Yukikaze	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing AL Yukikaze.	None.	"Listen up! Erm… I'm the noble, the lucky, the invincible Yukikaze, the Eighth Kagerō-class ship, the gee... the gene… what was it again?! It's so hard to say!… Ahem, in any case, you're quite the lucky person for getting your hands on me! Rely on my luck as much as you want! Hahahah!"
The Lucky A	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Alabama.	None.	"The tides roll crimson with the ship's defeated foes!"
Alaska	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Alaska.	None.	"Traditionally, the U.S. Navy cruisers got their names in honor of cities, while battleships were named in honor of states. The "large cruisers", ships classified as a mix between cruisers and battleships, were named after the U.S. territories. The lead ship of the series carried the name of Alaska, the largest of all such territories."
USS Arizona Memorial Flag	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Arizona.	None.	"During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Arizona was bombed. She exploded and sank, causing the loss of 1,177 officers and crewmen. The wreck still lies at the bottom of Pearl Harbor below the USS Arizona Memorial."
Ark Royal	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Ark Royal.	None.	"Ark Royal has been a traditional name used for Royal Navy ships since the late 16th century. HMS Ark Royal, the first British aircraft carrier of a new generation, entered service in 1938."
Asashio	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Asashio.	None.	"The name of Japanese destroyer Asashio translates as "Morning Tide". Asashio entered service in 1937 as the lead ship of a whole class of destroyers, and sank during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea in March 1943."
Ashitaka	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Ashitaka.	None.	"Laid down in 1921, the fourth battlecruiser of the Amagi class initially bore the name of mount Ashitaka, an extinct volcano situated in the Shizuoka Prefecture on the south coast of Japan."
USS Atlanta	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Atlanta.	None.	"The Battle of Friday the 13th, which took place in November 1942, was fatal for light cruiser Atlanta. However, two years after the ship's destruction, USS Atlanta "rose from the ashes" like the city the ship was named after. Thus, in December 1944, a new cruiser carrying this glorious name entered service."
Azuma	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Azuma.	None.	"Developed in 1941, the super-cruisers of Project B-65 were supposed to play a key role in the Kantai Kessen or the Decisive Battle Doctrine – the defeat of the U.S. Navy in the impending war."
Bayard	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Bayard.	None.	"Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (d. 1524), known as Le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (French for "The knight without fear and beyond reproach"), was one of the brightest representatives of the chivalry. Several ships of the French Navy were named after him."
Battle of Jutland	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Warspite and Campbeltown commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland.	None.	"The Battle of Jutland was fought from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea during World War I, near the coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and the only full-scale clash of battleships in the war."
The Red Hand of Ulster	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Belfast.	None.	"The Red Hand of Ulster is an Irish symbol used in heraldry to denote the Irish province of Ulster."
USS Benham	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Benham.	None.	"USS Benham (DD-397) is the lead ship in a series of ten destroyers with powerful torpedo armament. During the war in the Pacific Ocean, she earned five battle stars and was destroyed during the Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942."
ORP Błyskawica	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Błyskawica.	None.	"The emblem of the Polish destroyer Błyskawica depicts the naval jack of the Polish Navy with a scimitar ready to strike at the enemy, the traditional symbol of the Polish Navy since the 17th century."
USS Boise	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Boise.	None.	"The sixth Brooklyn-class cruiser, named after the capital of Idaho, was laid down in 1935. She became the most honored ship in the series, having received 11 battle stars for her distinguished service during World War II."
HMS Cossack	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Cossack.	None.	"Commissioned in 1938, HMS Cossack earned fame in World War II under the command of Philip Vian during the Altmark incident, the Battle of Narvik, and the hunt for Bismarck."
De Grasse	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing De Grasse.	None.	"The Crowned Lion Rampant. Coat of arms for François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse."
HMS Dreadnought	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Dreadnought.	None.	""All big guns!""
Duca d'Aosta	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Duca d'Aosta.	None.	"Patria e Onore. The sailors of the Regia Marina stand ready to defend their storied nation!"
Duca degli Abruzzi	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Duca degli Abruzzi.	None.	"One of the best light cruisers in the Regia Marina, Duca degli Abruzzi was named after Prince Luigi Amedeo di Savoia, Duke of the Abruzzi, a famous traveler, mountaineer, explorer, and admiral."
Duke of York	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Duke of York.	None.	"The battleship Duke of York emblem bears the motto of the British Order of Garter Honi soit qui mal y pense ("Shamed be he who evil of it thinks" in Old French), which dates back to the golden age of chivalry, when the title of Duke of York was established for the first time."
Dunkerque	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Dunkerque.	None.	"The Dunkerques were designed to counter the German Deutschland-class pocket battleships. When they were commissioned, only the last existing battlecruisers of the British Royal Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy were their equals."
Legacy of Enterprise	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Enterprise.	None.	"In honor of the ships that served all with the name Enterprise, past, present, and future."
HMS Exeter	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Exeter.	None.	"HMS Exeter, the last heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy, was commissioned in 1931. In December 1939, she participated in the battle against German raider Graf Spee off the estuary of the River Plate. In March 1942, the ship was sunk by a Japanese squadron during the Second Battle of the Java Sea."
Friesland	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Friesland.	None.	"A series of Dutch submarine hunters ("onderzeebootjagers"), commissioned during the 1950s, were named after various cities and provinces of the Netherlands. The lead ship was called Friesland (Dutch for "the lands of the Frisii")."
HMS Gallant	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Gallant.	None.	"From fighting in the Spanish Civil War to assisting the troops stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, HMS Gallant served for King and Country from 1934 to 1943."
Gascogne	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Gascogne.	None.	"From the mid 18th century, the ships in the French Navy were named after historical provinces of France. In the late 1930s, after a 20-year break, battleship Gascogne was destined to revive this tradition, but the outbreak of World War II impeded her construction."
Genova	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Genova.	None.	"The image of a red cross on a white background depicted over the coat of arms of Genoa dates back to the XII–XIII centuries, when this bustling Mediterranean port played a significant role in the crusade wars."
Georgia	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Georgia.	None.	"Wisdom, Justice, Moderation"
Giulio Cesare	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Giulio Cesare.	None.	"Ad quamvis vim perferendam."
Graf Zeppelin	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Graf Zeppelin.	None.	"The forces of nature cannot be eliminated but they may be balanced one against the other."
HMCS Haida	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Haida.	None.	"This Tribal-class destroyer served in the Royal Canadian Navy. The ship was named after an Indian tribe originating from the islands off the west coast of North America."
Hill	Given to players who completed the 2nd directive of the Rogue Wave event 2019 and to players who purchased a special bundle containing Hill.	None.	"U.S. Navy Petty Officer William Lowell Hill received a Medal of Honor in 1884 for rescuing a drowning shipmate who had fallen overboard USS Minnesota."
Hood	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Hood.	None.	"Ventis Secundis. Sunk by her enemies, but avenged by her allies, in memory of HMS Hood."
Wilhelmshaven Maritime High School	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing HSF Admiral Graf Spee.	None.	"This is the German school that trains the Blue Mermaids, and a sister school of the 'Yokosuka Girls Maritime High School.'"
Harekaze	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing HSF Harekaze.	None.	"She belongs to the Yokosuka Girls Maritime High School, and is operated by the main character, Akeno Misaki. In the series, the ship is modernized and mounts advanced sonar and radar. From the series 'High School Fleet.'"
Huanghe	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Huanghe.	None.	"The most powerful ship of the Chinese Navy at that time, named after the Yellow River (Huang He), one of the longest rivers in Asia and the cradle of the Chinese civilization."
HMS Indomitable	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Indomitable.	None.	"Aircraft carrier Indomitable: the last in the series of the Illustrious-class ships, entered service in 1941. During World War II, she took part in the Malta convoys, the Battle of Madagascar, the landings in Sicily, and operations conducted by the British Pacific Fleet."
USS Indianapolis	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Indianapolis.	None.	"A Portland class heavy cruiser that had just completed a mission carrying atomic bomb parts when it was struck on July 30th, 1945. Only 317 of the 1,196 men survived."
Irian	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Irian.	None.	"The Indonesian Navy received their most powerful surface artillery ship in 1963, when the U.S.S.R. transferred the Project 68-bis light cruiser Ordzhonikidze to Indonesia."
Iron Duke	Given to players who completed a series of missions in August 2017.	None.	"Battleship Iron Duke, named after Field Marshal "Iron Duke" Wellington, served for more than two years as a flagship of the British Grand Fleet during World War I, including the Battle of Jutland."
Jean Bart	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Jean Bart.	None.	"Several ships of the French Navy carried the name of the legendary Dunkirk corsair Jean Bart, who covered himself with glory in all the naval wars led by France in the late 17th century. One of them was a Richelieu-class battleship commissioned in 1949."
Kaga	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Kaga.	None.	"Kaga was the ancient name given to a location off the west peninsula of Japan. The area is well known for their famous black and gold Japanese lacquerware; a perfect image of an Aircraft Carrier so graceful and delicate."
USS Kidd	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Kidd.	None.	"USS Kidd was named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, the first American flag officer to die in World War II. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was on board battleship Arizona, giving orders to his subordinates, when the ship's ammunition stores exploded."
Kii	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Kii.	None.	"The winds blow, but the mountains stand still."
Krasny Krym	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Krasny Krym.	None.	"The U.S.S.R. Navy Guard was established during World War II in 1942. Warship crews were awarded a Guard status for: prowess demonstrated in battles for the homeland against German invaders; firmness, courage, discipline, and orderliness; and for personal heroism."
Honorary Revolutionary Naval Flag	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Kronshtadt.	None.	"The Honorary Revolutionary Naval Flag was awarded to warships and complements for outstanding military service. The cloth carried the Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union with the depiction of the Order of the Red Banner. This Order was given to the Soviet Baltic Fleet and the Kronstadt naval fortress in 1922 and 1954, respectively."
Lazo	(???)	None.	"One of the Project 68 light cruisers planned to be laid down in autumn 1941. This ship was supposed to be named Lazo after Sergey Lazo, the Russian Army officer, Bolshevik, and a prominent participant of the civil war in Russia."
Lenin	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Lenin.	None.	""Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin shall live.""
Leningrad	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Leningrad.	None.	"The first major warship to be designed and built entirely in the U.S.S.R. She boasted powerful artillery and a very high speed. During World War II, her AA defenses were reinforced."
Le Terrible	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Le Terrible.	None.	"Le Terrible, a Le Fantasque-class torpedo-boat destroyer, was built at the shipyard of Caen, Calvados Department. Since the Old Regime era, Caen has been one of the largest port cities on the coasts of Normandy."
Massachusetts	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Massachusetts. (???)	None.	"This battleship named in honor of the sixth U.S.A. state has a unique history. During World War II, she saw action in the Atlantic, as well as in the Pacific, and earned 11 battle stars. Now, she serves as a museum ship (Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)."
Monaghan	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Monaghan.	None.	"One of the Farragut-class destroyers named after US Navy officer John R. Monaghan who fell in battle rescuing his wounded compatriot. Awarded with 12 battle stars, USS Monaghan started her battle duty in Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and foundered during Typhoon Cobra in December 1944."
Musashi	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Musashi. (???)	None.	"A sister ship of the legendary Yamato, named after the historic Musashi Province, the political center of Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate."
Mutsu	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Mutsu.	None.	"Battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were named after ancient locations throughout Japan. These locations were well known to the people and also appeared in ancient myths. Battleships were given sacred names that had a strong bond within history and the land. Mutsu was named after an old province in Japan, located north of Honshu."
HMS Nelson	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Nelson. (???)	None.	"Leave off action? Now, damn me if I do!"
Nueve de Julio	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Nueve de Julio.	None.	"USS Boise, a Brooklyn-class light cruiser, was sold to the Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina) in 1951, and until the late 1970s she was one of the fleet's most powerful combat units."
The Okhotnik	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Okhotnik.	None.	"The hunter stalks its prey silently, striking only when success is assured."
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya.	None.	"Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya was a battleship of the Russian and Soviet Navy, one of four dreadnoughts of the Baltic series of the Sevastopol class."
Oleg	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Oleg.	None.	"During the October Revolution of 1917, the crew of Oleg quickly declared support for the Bolshevik cause. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk required the Soviets to evacuate their base at Helsinki in March 1918 or have their ships interned by newly independent Finland even though the Gulf of Finland was still frozen over. Oleg sailed to Kronstadt in what became known as the 'Ice Voyage'."
Let It Flourish!	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Perth.	None.	"In February 1942, Perth survived the Allied defeat at the Battle of the Java Sea, only to be torpedoed and sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Sunda Strait."
Poltava	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Poltava.	None.	"The very first ship to receive a name in honor of the victory in the Battle of Poltava was laid down personally by Peter the Great just a few months after the battle. This fact was recorded in the Tsar’s Travel Book: "On December 6, the Tsar himself laid down the ship named Poltava in St. Petersburg, in memory of the deeds at Poltava." The name Poltava has since become traditional in the Russian Navy."
Prinz Eitel Friedrich	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Prinz Eitel Friedrich.	None.	"A Mackensen-class battlecruiser named in honor of Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, was laid down in 1915. The defeat of Germany in World War I prevented the ship from being completed."
Prinz Eugen	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Prinz Eugen.	None.	"Prinz Eugen saw action during Operation Rheinübung, an attempted breakout into the Atlantic Ocean with the battleship Bismarck in May 1941. The two ships destroyed the British battlecruiser Hood and severely damaged the battleship Prince of Wales in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. After the German collapse in May 1945, she was surrendered to the British Royal Navy before being transferred to the U.S. Navy as a war prize. After examining the ship in the United States, the U.S. Navy assigned the cruiser to the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll."
Roma	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Roma.	None.	"The battleship Roma, named after the capital city of Italy, was commissioned in August 1942. Just a little more than a year later, in September 1943, when Italy signed an armistice with the Allies, she was sunk by the German Luftwaffe during the passage to Malta."
USS Saipan	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Saipan.	None.	"On July 9, 1944, the three-week battle for Saipan came to an end. Backed by the Navy, U.S. Marines took control of the island which become one of the key events in the entire Pacific campaign. The very next day, USS Saipan was laid down, a light aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy."
USS Salem	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Salem. (???)	None.	"USS Salem, a Des Moines-class cruiser, was commissioned in 1949. Currently, she serves as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts. This warship is the last surviving heavy cruiser in the world."
Scharnhorst	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Scharnhorst.	None.	"The flag depicts the coat of arms of Prussian General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, a national hero of Germany's Wars of Liberation of 1813. Both Scharnhorst ships that were named after him had the same coat of arms."
Siroco	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Siroco.	None.	"Commissioned in 1927, French destroyer Siroco was named after the strong and hot wind from the Sahara desert typical for the Mediterranean region."
Slava	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Slava.	None.	"Slava was a name of a number of Russian and Soviet ships, including a sailing frigate, squadron battleship, Project 26-bis cruiser, and Project 1164 missile cruiser."
Stalingrad	(???)	None.	"The lead cruiser of Project 82 was officially laid down on December 31, 1951. She was named Stalingrad after the city on the Volga River. This ship was to become a symbol of the unbreakable power and a kind of "calling card" of the Soviet Union."
T-61	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing T-61. (???)	None.	"The German Kriegsmarine destroyers with extensively balanced combat features were built in the Netherlands and were officially designated as the 1940-Class fleet destroyers. None of them ever came into commission while the T-61 lead ship was sunk by allied aviation during towage for completion in Germany."
Tirpitz	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Tirpitz. (???)	None.	"The heaviest European Battleship ever made, this ship raided convoys and was a feared vessel in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans."
Vampire	Given to players who purchased Vampire.	None.	"One of the ships from the famous Scrap Iron Flotilla that became renowned in the Mediterranean during World War II. The ship received five battle honors, namely "Calabria 1940", "Libya 1940–1941", "Greece 1941", "Crete 1941", and "Indian Ocean 1941–1942". She was lost in April 1942 as a result of bomb hits from Japanese aircraft, while giving cover to the Hermes aircraft carrier."
HMS Vanguard	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Vanguard.	None.	""We Lead" was the motto of HMS Vanguard, the last representative of the ship type in the Royal Navy originating from the legendary Dreadnought in the early 20th century."
1st Rank Cruiser Varyag	(???)	None.	"Varyag, one of the most famous Russian cruisers, made a name for itself at the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905. Blocked by a Japanese squadron, Varyag refused to surrender and accepted a badly unequal battle against 14 enemy ships."
Viribus Unitis	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Viribus Unitis.	None.	"Viribus Unitis (Latin for "With United Forces") was the personal motto of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph. This was also the name of the lead ship of the sole series of Austro-Hungarian dreadnoughts."
USS West Virginia	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing West Virginia.	None.	"Notable for its mountain landscape and motto "Montani semper liberi" ("Mountaineers are Always Free"), West Virginia gave its name to three ships of the US Navy, including the Colorado-class battleship nicknamed Wee Vee in the Navy."
USS Wichita	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Wichita.	None.	"The combat duty of USS Wichita, named after the city in Kansas, began with patrolling the Atlantic waters in September 1939, long before the U.S.A. joined World War II. The cruiser received news of the end of hostilities near Okinawa Island in August 1945, after almost six years of campaigns and battles, for which Wichita was awarded 13 battle stars."
Yahagi	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Yahagi.	None.	"Light cruiser Yahagi, having survived the heat of the battle in the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf, was assigned to accompany battleship Yamato on her final voyage. On April 7, 1945, Yahagi was sunk by an assault from American carrier-based aircraft."
Yoshino	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Yoshino.	None.	"From times immemorial, the Yoshino mountain is famous for its hillsides dotted with sakura trees. The first ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy named after this mountain was a protected cruiser destroyed during the war against Russia in 1904."
Yūdachi	Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing Yūdachi.	None.	"Yūdachi (Japanese for Evening Squall) was the name of one of the Shiratsuyu-class destroyers commissioned in 1937 and destroyed during the Battle of Friday the 13th near Guadalcanal Island in November 1942."
Z-39	(???)	None.	"Destroyer Z-39 was commissioned in 1943. Unofficially, Z-39 was known under the name "Hermes" which she acquired out of a tradition for Narvik-class warships to take the names of their perished same-class ships. Previously, the name "Hermes" was assigned to destroyer ZG-3 (formerly the Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios that was sunk in the Mediterranean in May 1943 with part of the complement joining the crew of Z-39)."

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 | style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[Image:PCEE243_Saipan_flag.png|frameless|center|link=]]
 | style="vertical-align:middle;" | '''USS Saipan'''
-| style="vertical-align:middle;" | Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing [[Salem]]. (???)
+| style="vertical-align:middle;" | Given to players who purchased a special bundle containing [[Saipan]].
 | style="vertical-align:middle;" | None.
 | style="vertical-align:middle;" | "On July 9, 1944, the three-week battle for Saipan came to an end. Backed by the Navy, U.S. Marines took control of the island which become one of the key events in the entire Pacific campaign. The very next day, USS Saipan was laid down, a light aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy."

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