DRESS SHIP. A nautical term for menting a ship with It i. usuallc done on national holidays, on the of •oine ticular U•e or celebration. or in honor of some visitor, or a- a mark of courtesy tow -ad foreign nations when their own are in its simplest form it consists in having the national at the mastheads and at the peak (head of the spanker gall I or color••tati. and hoisting the jack at it- own stall' in the bow. To full-dress additional flags are hoisted. These consist of the thig. of t he signal code. See SmNAlks, In the case of naval vessels the of the navy signal code and of the international signal code are both used. The ordinary plan i. to have these flags arranged in a line from the forward a on a line hanging underneath the flying-jib boom) up along the line of the /lien between the mastheads to the peak of the gaff. and thence over the stern. This i. called ship rain
lime fashion. In addition the national colors are hoisted at the mastheads and aft, and jack for ward. as before. Should the dressing be a cour tesy to a foreign government, the colors of that nation are hoisted at the maininast-head. Ves.els having but one mast bring the flags past the smoke•pipes aft to the stern in two lines, No national are used in dressing ship except at the mainmast-head. as already mentioned. it wmnL1 be k•on•idered di- courteous to exhibit one mod 1101 .1111)1llet. or to one in an inferior position to that of another, and all could not be given positions of honor. Alerchant ships frequently. and ittemof war ("-ea`junallY• dress .hip Ly arran_'ing the lines of (lags on each mast from the masthead to the water, following the of the ya rd -3 rms.