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 The USS Nimitz, the basis for the USS Flagg |
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| Affiliation | G.I. Joe |
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| Launched | 1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | Nimitz class aircraft carrier |
| Length | 1,092 feet (332.8 m) |
The USS Flagg is a fictional U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier[1] from the toy line, comic and cartoon series, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It is the G.I. Joe Team's primary sea going vessel. It is named for the team's original commanding officer General Flagg (who was slain in combat against Cobra).
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Classification [link]
The hull classification symbol of this ship is often mistakenly identified as CV-66, but is actually CVN-99, as based on the artwork on the box and the instructions for the toy,[2] which call for the numbers on the command tower to be placed as 99. The numbers on the deck are upside down based on true configuration of the active carriers for the U.S. Navy.
Commanding officers [link]
In both the toy and comic book series, the USS Flagg's commander is Vice Admiral Keel-Haul. However, the commander in the cartoon series is Admiral Ledger. There is no known explanation for the discrepancy.
Toy [link]
As a toy, it is the largest G.I. Joe playset, measuring in at just under 7'6". It featured an electronic public address system, which could broadcast a child's voice, and a two-piece utility vehicle that was part "low tow" tractor, and part fuel delivery trailer. The Flagg had radar, missile launchers, an "Admiral's Launch" lifeboat, an elevator deck, and an arrestor cable that fit snugly into the rear stabilizers of the Skystriker aircraft.[3]
When the Flagg was initially released, it was the largest boy's playset at the time, and sold for a retail price of $109.99.[4] It is now traded among serious collectors for anywhere from a few hundred dollars for sets in poor condition (individual pieces/parts are vigorously traded/bought as well), to several thousand dollars for a product still in its original, unopened box.[3]
Comics [link]
Marvel Comics [link]
The ship is used many times in the comic book series produced by Marvel Comics.
It survives a tsunami in the Gulf of Mexico, then serves as a staging area for the assault on the newly formed Cobra Island.[5] The ship again serves as a staging area when G.I.Joe assaults Cobra forces in the fictional country of Sierra Gordo.[6]
The Flagg is featured in G.I.Joe Special Missions #28 as the focus of a concentrated Cobra effort to destroy it. It suffers a missile hit straight to the steam lines, rendering all conventional aircraft unlaunchable. Thanks to the intervention of the Joe pilot Dogfight with his prop plane and the Joe spacecraft the Defiant, the Flagg is saved from further damage. The Defiant then lands on the Flagg, where both ships are featured in a fourth wall breaking 'farewell' scene as #28 was the last issue of the series.[7]
The ship is featured when Joes again assault a fictional country, the Middle Eastern area known as 'Benzheen'. The craft deals with two crash landings, a Skystriker and a Stealth Fighter but all involved survive uninjured.[8]
Action Force [link]
The Flagg makes a cameo appearance in issue #29 of the 'Action Force' series, a slightly different Joe continuity also produced by Marvel Comics. Ace launches from it in order to take a fly-by of a suspected Cobra installation.[9] It makes another cameo in the next issue, as Ace lands his damaged Skystriker on it.[10]
Cartoon [link]
Sunbow [link]
It is featured in many episode of the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon until it sinks in one episode upon a Cobra Hovercraft crashing into it. Later episodes of the cartoon would focus on what happened after. In "Raise the Flagg," Salvage attempts by both Joe and Cobra happened and it was learned there was at least one person still living on board as the salvage party and Zartan and his siblings encountered Cobra's former mess hall chef B.A. LaCarre who was driven insane from the loneliness he suffered. With the help of rebuilt B.A.T.S., B.A. LaCarre has renamed the Flagg LaCarre City with it being powered by an anti-matter core that Cobra was after. When the Flagg was in danger of sinking into an abyss, B.A. LaCarre was hit in the head upon an explosion regaining his sanity. Using the engines of the Cobra Hovercraft, both parties ended up successfully raising the Flagg but each one had to be in a decompressing chamber on each one's side when it came up too fast. On a related note after that, B.A. LaCarre doesn't go back to Cobra since he still blames them for abandoning him and asks General Hawk if he is in need of a mess hall chef.
G.I. Joe: Resolute [link]
In the Resolute microseries, the Flagg is the Joe's main base. Storm Shadow infiltrates, kills Bazooka and bombs it, destroying the entire G.I. Joe armoury and coming close to sinking the ship. As the support staff and computer equipment weren't hit, the Joes are still able to use it for their counterstrike. Eventually, the Commander panics and vaporizes the ship with his secondary HAARP weapon, but the crew had already evacuated.
G.I. Joes: Renegades [link]
The USS Flagg made an appearance in the episode "Shipwrecked", when it offers assistance to the G.I. Joe Team, but Shipwreck politely declines.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra [link]
The Flagg is featured in the 2009 film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, as a supercarrier with dual prows. Baroness was held in there under protective custody until the scientists can removed the nano-mites from her body. James McCullen (now Destro) and Rex Lewis (Cobra Commander) are also imprisoned there.
References [link]
- ^ G.I. Joe Vs Cobra: The Essential Guide p. 122
- ^ www.yojoe.com
- ^ a b Bellomo, Mark (2005). The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982-1994. Krause Publications. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-89689-922-3.
- ^ www.wishbookweb.com
- ^ "G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero" #40-41 (October 1985)
- ^ "G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero" #55-56 (1987)
- ^ "G.I.Joe Special Missions" #20
- ^ "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" Vol1 #115 (August 1991)
- ^ "Action Force" #29 (September 19th 1987)
- ^ "Action Force" #30 (September 1987)
External links [link]
- USS Flagg on Joepedia, an external wiki
- USS Flagg at JMM's G.I. Joe Comics Home Page
- USS Flagg at YOJOE.com
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Flagg
Coordinates: 53°12′43″N 1°47′49″W / 53.212°N 1.797°W
Flagg (Old Norse A sod of peat) is a small Peak District village, set in the Derbyshire Dales, halfway between the small market town of Bakewell and the spa town of Buxton, in the area officially known as "The White Peak". 1000 feet above sea level, Flagg is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Flagun", and is believed to have originally been a Viking settlement engaged primarily in lead mining, the evidence of which can still be seen today with many spoil heaps and disused mine shafts in the area.
In the mid-19th century, well dressings were held during "Wakes Week", which was always begun on the first Sunday after June 24. There were two wells, one opposite to Ivy House Farm, and the other opposite to Edge Close Farm.
These days, Flagg is predominantly a farming village, concentrating on all aspects of agriculture, but is actually best known throughout the United Kingdom for the point-to-point races held annually on Easter Tuesday by the High Peak Hunt. On one occasion, King Edward VIII, the then Prince of Wales, actually rode at the races.
Flagg (surname)
Flagg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fictional characters:
Flagg (disambiguation)
Flagg is a village in the English Peak District.
Flagg may also refer to:
See also
Radio Stations - Flagg
Podcasts:
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by Blindside
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by Dirge Within
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by Meredith Andrews
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by Leaves
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by Glass Hammer
As You Walk
by: BlindsideJust one last cigarette and fly
Coincidences made sorrow rule over your soul
I'm standing with my wings around you
I cry
So try to show you're a man
You're nobody's toy
There is nothing that separates a man from a boy
Thought so dark you got lost in there
Lost your way home and now it's getting late
I long to greet you when you come home
But don't you leave earth in this state
No don't you leave earth in this state
I'm the soft whisper of peace in your ear
As all of this creates
No night vision in this forest of darkness
And I feel what you feel inside
And as your skin got burned mine did too when they lied