South Carolina Colonial Navy Flag

Although the Blue and Red Striped Rattlesnake flag appears to be as fictitious as the First Navy Jack, it was associated with the South Carolina Navy in 1917 by a well-known article “Flags of the World” appearing in National Geographical Magazine, written by Byron McCandless and Gilbert Grosvenor. Although there was historically a South Carolina Navy, no one particular flag was ever identified with it, and no actual historical connection of the red and blue striped rattlesnake flag exists.