Offered here is the flag flown from the mast of U.S.S. Otter (DE-210) during its service in the United States Navy during World War II. This forty-eight star flag embodies the American Spirit, it shows years of service with its stains, frayed ends, and a torn hoist edge grommet, but survived its hardships and made it home. The U.S.S. Otter served in the North Atlantic hunting German U-boats after a brief stint protecting ships in the Mediterranean going to and from Casablanca. During its service the Otter would play a crucial role in the sinking of U-248, and the capture of U-805. The Otter sent a boarding party on to U-805 where it became the possession of the ship. The boarding party then cut down the black surrender flag and hoisted an American flag, possibly this very flag, for its journey in tow back to the United States. During an attack on German U-boat U-546, U.S.S. Otter played a crucial role rescuing the survivors and retrieving the bodies of those killed when the U.S.S Frederick C. Davis (DE-136) was sunk. The reinforced hoist edge of the flag is marked "U.S. ENSIGN NO 11". Included with the flag is a binder containing a wealth of period photographs of U.S.S. Otter and its crew as well as the burial at sea of those killed in on the U.S.S. Fredrick C. Davis. Several of the photos have a United States flag, possibly this very flag, flown from the ship. Provenance: The Saloga Collection