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The
Development of Naval Camouflage 1914 - 1945 By
Alan Raven (Article reprinted courtesy of Plastic Ship Modeler Magazine issue #97/3) MEASURE
32/9SS (for submarines only) Developed
from Measure 10. Used on several submarines of the Pacific Fleet in 1944 and
possibly in 1945. Colors:
024 Gloss Black, Matt Black, 07 Navy Gray, #11 Outside Gray, #17 Ocean Gray.
Vertical surfaces - Matt Black, #17 Ocean Gray, #11 Outside Gray, #7 Navy Gray.
Paint panels arranged from light to dark from the bow. MEASURE
33 Developed
from Measure 17. Used on Pacific Fleet vessels in 1943, 1944, and 1945. Colors:
#82 Black, 5-N Navy Blue, 5-0 Ocean Gray, 5-H Haze Gray, 5-P Pale Gray, 5-L
Light Gray, #21 Flight Deck stain, O21 Flight Deck stain (revised), 20B Deck
Blue (revised). MEASURE
33A Developed
directly from Measure 33. Used on a few destroyers in late 1944 and early
1945. MEASURES
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 - designation not used. Used
in the Pacific on PTs, ARGs, ARLs, PYCs, YAGs, YCs, and YCKs in 1944/45. Colors:
5-NG Navy Green (revised), 20G Deck Green. MEASURE
42 Used
in the Pacific in 1945 on APCs, APBs, APLs, AWs, YFs, YOs, YOGs, and YWs. Colors:
5-OG Ocean Green (revised), 20G Deck Green. UNOFFICIAL
CAMOUFLAGE TYPES - NO MEASURE NUMBERS ASIATIC
FLEET CAMOUFLAGE A
Measure "one" style camouflage using locally procured paints. Applied
in autumn of 1941. Colors:
Cavite Blue, 5-L Light Gray, #20 Deck Gray. PT
BLUE Used by one squadron of PT Boats in the Mediterranean in 1943 and 1944. Colors
- Robins Egg Blue. * ADAPTOR
SCHEME Devised
by Elco and used by several PT Boats in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific in
1943/44. Colors:
Black, White, Yellow Green, Countershade Gray, 20B Deck Blue. MOUNTBATTEN
PINK (a.k.a. Nipple Pink) Taken
directly from British Mountbatten Pink. Used on some destroyers in the Atlantic
from early 1942 into 1943. Known to be worn by destroyers PHELPS, SOMERS, CLARK,
and WARRINGTON. Used in the summer of 1944 by PT Boats 71, 72, and 199. Colors
- Mountbatten Pink, 20B Deck Blue (revised). BRITISH
WESTERN APPROACHES Worn
by most of the ten Flower class corvettes upon transfer to the USN in early
1942, and retained for an undetermined period. Colors and application - as per
1942 Western Approaches (see part III of this series). SOUTH
PACIFIC AMPHIBIOUS CAMOUFLAGE Applied
on a large scale to amphibious craft of all types and to the old destroyers
converted to APDs. Used in the Pacific from Mid 1942 well into 1943. Colors:
Brown 1A, Brown 2A, Brown 3A, Brown 4A, Green 1A, Green 2A, Green 3A, Green 4A,
Lime Green, Dark Green/Formula 759, 5/84-4/STMA, 5/84-2/5TMA. 1.
Dark Green/Formula 759. PT
GREEN Worn
by those PT Boats operating in the Philippines in late 1941 into early 1942, and
then by many PT Boats operating in the South and Southwest Pacific from August
1942 until well into 1943. Colors
- PT Green. |