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zachary harden
Keywords: japan: post-world war ii | signal flag: e | signal flag: o |
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The modified "E" signal code and modified "O" signal code were in use from
2 September 1945 and 31 March 1952 as a civil ensign for Japanese merchant ships and American merchant
ships respectively.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 10 March 2007
![[Japanese ensign, 1945]](../images/j/jp_1946a.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
The Treaty of 2 September 1945 established Japanese
independence but under American occupation. The Japanese civil ships had to use
a new ensign based in the letter E of the signal code.
Jaume Ollé, 17 January 2000
![[Japanese ensign, 1945]](../images/j/jp_1946b.gif)
by Jaume Ollé
When the ship was American but the destination was Japanese
it had to use a flag based in the letter O of the signal code.
Jaume Ollé, 17 January 2000
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