Dating from the nineteenth century, the U.S. Navy boat cloak was still an optional item for the evening dress uniform in the 1950s. Decades after falling out of fashion, the cape finally US Naval Academy cadets in formal dress stand at attention in the Color Parade at Worden Field on May 21, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland Stock Photo Alamy Framed U.S. Navy Evening and Dinner Dress Blue Uniforms 1967 by Hugh Charles McBarron Uniforms of the United States Navy Wikipedia