Flag of the United States John Paul Jones used a variety of 13-star flags on his U.S. Navy ships including the well-documented 1779 flags of the Serapis and the Alliance. The Serapis flag had three rows of eight-pointed stars with stripes that were red, white, and blue. The flag for the "Alliance", however, had five rows of eight-pointed stars with 13 red and white stripes, and the white stripes were on the outer edges. Both flags were documented by the Dutch government in October 1779, making them two of the earliest known flags of 13 stars. Francis Hopkinson of New Jersey, a naval flag designer,
Flag of the Sakha Republic Flag of the Sakha Republic The flag of the Sakha Republic (, "Sakha Öröspüübülüketin Bılaağa"; , "Flag Respubliki Sakha"), in the Russian Federation, is one of the official symbol of the Sakha Republic, alongside with the coat of arms and the national anthem of the Sakha Republic. The flag is a horizontal four striped flag. From top to bottom, the stripes are light blue (3/4 of the flag's width), white (1/16), red (1/16), and green (1/8). The flag was used officially as the flag of Sakha Republic since 14 October 1992. The light blue stripe is charged with a white