On 7 November 1935 a decree was issued by Werner von Blomberg, the Reichskriegsminister and Commander-in-Chief of the German Armed Forces ordering the introduction of a new pattern of flag for use by the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.
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At the launching ceremony, dockyard workers named the ship Noske, after Reichswehr Minister Gustav Noske.