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Posted by Ralph Wood on November 22, 2024, 17:59:48, in reply to "Position of colors during inclining tests"
From this Navsource page:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/480.htm
This image:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/pix1/0548020.jpg
Notice the ensign flying from a staff on the forward funnel. Look just above the forward end of the torpedo tubes. As noted below, she's considered underway. 
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I was looking at photos of the Halford during her inclining tests and I do not see colors, either Jack at the bow and ensign at the stern or ensign on the main mast. Navsource lists commissioning as 10-APR-43 and the date on the photos as 25-APR-43. So I assume that she was commissioned at the time the photos were taken. The photo source was Puget Sound Navy Yard.
Is a naval ship 'underway' while doing inclining tests?
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