U.S. Navy Ships in WWII Dazzle Camouflage 1944-1945

Aircraft Carriers

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Escort Carriers

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for CVE-55

Design 10A

for CVE-55

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for CVE-55
Measure 33
Correigidor (CVE-58)Wake Island (CVE-65)
White Plains (CVE-66)Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)
Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)Nehenta Bay (CVE-74)
Kadashan Bay (CVE-76)Petrof Bay (CVE-80)
Shamrock Bay (CVE-84)Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86)
Cape Esperance (CVE-88)Thetis Bay (CVE-90)
Drawing

The Measure 33 Design 10A drawings for the Casablanca class escort carriers dated February 16, 1944. The vertical colors were specified to be navy blue (5-N), haze gray (5-H) and pale gray (5-P) with the horizontal surfaces deck blue (20-B). The bow view was crossed out, possibly because it might lead to confusion.

Design10A was first drawn for the Essex class carriers on January 19, 1944. Then on February 16, 1944 Design 10A was drawn for the Casablanca class escort carriers as above and probably shortly before that for the Sangamon class escort carriers.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-170035 and 80-G-170036.

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