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===Service Mark ("Racing Stripe")===

The Racing Stripe, officially known as the Service Mark, was designed in 1964 by the industrial design office of [[Raymond Loewy]] Associates to give the Coast Guard a distinctive, modern image. Loewy had designed the colors for the [[Air Force One]] fleet for [[Jackie Kennedy]]. President [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] was so impressed with his work, he suggested that the entire Federal Government needed his make-over and suggested that he start with the Coast Guard.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[Sea History (magazine)|Sea History]] |number=139 |date=Summer 2012 |title=The History of the 'Racing Stripe' Emblem and Brand |first=William H. |last=Thiesen |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/StripeHistory.pdf |access-date=2 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512082309/http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/StripeHistory.pdf |archive-date=12 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/10000-10999/CIM_10360_3C.pdf |title=Coatings And Color Manual |website=CG-612 Directives and Publications Division |id=COMDTINST M10360.3C |date=11 March 2005 |access-date=19 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225020659/http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/10000-10999/CIM_10360_3C.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The stripes are canted at a 64-degree angle, coincidentally the year the Racing Stripe was designed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coast Guard History: Frequently Asked Questions - When did the Coast Guard adopt the "slash" for its cutters, boats, and aircraft? |website=Coast Guard Historian's Office |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/slash.asp |date=14 February 2013 |access-date=8 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103062908/http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/slash.asp |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The racing stripe is borne by Coast Guard cutters, aircraft, and many boats. First used and placed into official usage as of 6 April 1967, it consists of a narrow blue stripe, a narrow white stripe between, and a broad CG red bar with the Coast Guard shield centered.<ref name="heraldry" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/docs/USCG_Painting_Regs_1973.pdf |title=U.S. Coast Guard Coatings and Color manual |id=CG-263 |website=Coast Guard Historian's Office |date=16 July 1973 |access-date=8 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103062911/http://www.uscg.mil/history/docs/USCG_Painting_Regs_1973.pdf |archive-date=3 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Red-hulled icebreaker cutters and most HH-65/MH-65 helicopters (i.e., those with a red fuselage) bear a narrow blue stripe, a narrow empty stripe the color of the fuselage (an implied red stripe), and broad white bar, with the Coast Guard shield centered. Conversely, black-hulled cutters (such as buoy tenders and inland construction tenders) use the standard racing stripe. Auxiliary vessels maintained by the Coast Guard also carry the Racing Stripe, but in inverted colors (i.e., broad blue stripe with narrow white and CG red stripes) and the Auxiliary shield. Similar racing stripe designs have been adopted for the use of other coast guards and maritime authorities and many other law enforcement and rescue agencies.{{#tag:ref|For example, the National Park Service operates various vessels with a green racing stripe, as seen at [[Channel Islands National Park#Vessels]] ([https://fineartamerica.com/featured/national-park-service-research-diving-boat-sea-ranger-ii-jason-o-watson.html image]) or at [[Sleeping Bear Dunes]] ([https://www.munsonboats.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Munson-Model-26-42-8.jpg image]). Other agencies include the [[commons:File:Virginia Beach Police Department Marine Patrol Unit Hull Number 146.JPG|Virginia Beach Police Department Marine Patrol]], the [[commons:File:Chinese Coast Guard ship during DiREx-15.jpg|China Coast Guard]], the [[commons:File:Turkish Coast Guard Kaan 33 class patrol boat 312.jpg|Turkish Coast Guard]], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/89903901@N00/47558755441 Baltimore Police Marine Unit], and the [https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/images/marine-unit.jpg US Park Police]. |group=Note}}