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![[flag of Gulfport, Mississippi]](../images/u/us-ms-gp-l.gif)
2:3 image(s) by permission of David B. Martucci
image(s) from American City Flags,
Raven
9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association,
which retains copyright.
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Text and image(s) from American City Flags, Raven 9-10 (2002-2003), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) from American City Flags by permission of David B. Martucci.
Gulfport’s flag has a blue field with the city’s seal in the
center, consisting of 1 unit in diameter on a field of 2 by 3 units. Horizontally
across the center of the seal, about .125 units high, is a yellow
stripe with GULFPORT in blue letters. Immediately below, in letters
about one-fourth as high, is WHERE YOUR SHIP COMES IN. The
portion above and below the yellow stripe is divided in half with a narrow,
vertical yellow line, giving the entire seal the appearance of being
quartered. In the upper hoist quarter is a commercial ship, yellow shaded
in blue, sailing on a green ocean toward the hoist, with a blue sky and a
yellow cloud, above it near the hoist edge of the seal. The upper fly
quarter has a yellow skyline of the city in its lower part, with green
foliage at its base, and, in a blue sky above, a yellow airplane in a landing
approach toward the hoist. In the lower hoist quarter is a yellow
house with two rows of blue windows, four in each row, a blue sky, and
some greenery to the hoist side and below the house. The lower fly
quarter shows a yellow sailboat on green water headed toward the fly,
with a circular yellow sun near the fly edge of the seal in a blue sky. The
entire seal is edged in yellow.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
Mayor John H. “Jack” Barnett held a contest to
design the flag, sometime between 1977 and 1981.
Flag adopted: Between 1977 and 1981 (unofficial).
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The winner was a Mr. Sneed (first name unavailable).
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
The first flag was made by Josephine
Alfonso.
John M. Purcell, American City Flags,
Raven
9-10,
2002-2003
![[flag of Gulfport, Mississippi]](../images/u/us-ms-gp.jpg)
image by Masao Okazaki, 25 January 2024
A contemporary photograph of
the flag shows a much larger seal and the name arched above it.
Masao Okazaki, 25 January 2024
![[first flag of Gulfport, Mississippi]](../images/u/us-ms!gp.gif)
image by Calvin Paige Herring, 14 February 1999
![[uncolored flag of Gulfport, Mississippi]](../images/u/us-ms-gp-w.gif)
image derived from image above
A photograph from http://www.wlox.com of flags flying outside the city hall clearly shows the flag in use has a monocolored seal. Image archived.
![[logo flag of Gulfport, Mississippi]](../images/u/us-ms-gp-lf.gif)
image by Masao Okazaki, 25 January 2024
The logo flag, which is probably from 2021. This is the image source:
https://www.gulfport-ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Artboard-1.jpg
Masao Okazaki, 25 January 2024
Gulfport is considering a new flag.
https://www.wlox.com/2024/01/24/commission-vote-new-gulfport-flag/
Commission to vote on new Gulfport flag
The commission will take designs from
the public. The city wants the flag to represent Gulfport's vibrance and
progress.
Dave Fowler, 25 January 2024
