Ship Camouflage Instructions
United States Navy
Ships - 2

Supplement to second revision of Ships-2
March 1943

 

Table of Contents

 

Description of new Measures

Guide to Selection

Application

Pattern Layout
Working Drawings
Painting Techniques
Pattern Application
Paint Colors
Paint Mixture Tables

Camouflage Painting Measures

Measure 23: Light Gray System

Description
Plate XVIII Battleship, BB-40 Class

 

Measure 33: Light Pattern System

Description
Plate XIX Destroyer DD-380 Class
Plate XX  Destroyer DD-598 Class
Plate XXI Three Stack Destroyer
Plate XXII  Cargo Ship EC-2 Class
Plate XXIII Oiler AO-49 Class

Measure 32: Medium Pattern System

Description
Plate XXIV Battleship BB-55 Class
Plate XXV Aircraft Carrier CV-6
Plate XXVI Destroyer DD-380 Class
Plate XXVII Cruiser CA-38 Class
Plate XXVIII Destroyer DD-356 Class
Plate XXVIX Cargo Ship AK-25 Class
Plate XXX Cargo Ship C1-A Class
Plate XXXI Transport AP-21 Class

Measure 31: Dark Pattern System

Description
Plate XXXII Destroyer DD-445 Class
Plate XXXIII 110-Foot Submarine Chaser
Plate XXXIV Coastal Transport (Small) APc Class
Plate XXXV Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier, ACV-26 Class
Plate XXXVI Landing Ship, Tank (LST)
Plate XXXVII Landing Craft, Tank (LCT)
Plate XXXVIII Landing Craft, Infantry (LCI)