Naval protcol question

Platapus · 04-17-10, 11:46 AM

When the President of the United States arrives on a naval ship, do they still announce "United States Arriving" when the President sets foot on the ship?

I was watching an old "documentary" and the narrator used this term. I wonder if this is actual naval protocol.

Sailor Steve · 04-17-10, 12:33 PM

I looked all over and the closest I could find in the official Navy Protocol Manual was announcing his arrival at a dinner, in which case it was "The President of the United States".

We never had the president on our little destroyer, so I don't know.

GoldenRivet · 04-17-10, 12:40 PM

A good interesting question.

Hope to see the answer soon

of course i know what i would say when he set foot on the ship

04-17-10, 03:59 PM

A President on a ship departing?

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=25658

But on another vein in relation to Pathe, can anyone give any information about HMS Mashona.
Everything I have seen says the survivors got picked up by RN and landed in Scotland. This fella on the radio says they got picked up by a Norwegian vessel and landed in town.
The only footage I can find on Pathe is the launch of the Mashona and a Norwegian vessel landing civilian survivors in town

04-17-10, 11:46 AM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Naval protcol question When the President of the United States arrives on a naval ship, do they still announce "United States Arriving" when the President sets foot on the ship? I was watching an old "documentary" and the narrator used this term. I wonder if this is actual naval protocol. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-17-10, 12:33 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I looked all over and the closest I could find in the official Navy Protocol Manual was announcing his arrival at a dinner, in which case it was "The President of the United States". We never had the president on our little destroyer, so I don't know. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-17-10, 12:40 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	A good interesting question. Hope to see the answer soon of course i know what i would say when he set foot on the ship __________________

04-17-10, 03:59 PM	#4
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	A President on a ship departing? http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=25658 But on another vein in relation to Pathe, can anyone give any information about HMS Mashona. Everything I have seen says the survivors got picked up by RN and landed in Scotland. This fella on the radio says they got picked up by a Norwegian vessel and landed in town. The only footage I can find on Pathe is the launch of the Mashona and a Norwegian vessel landing civilian survivors in town