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

Auxiliary Ships

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Transports

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for APA-57

Design 4T

for APA-57

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for APA-57
Measure 32
Gilliam (APA-57)Appling (APA-58)
Audrain (APA-59)Banner (APA-60)
Barrow (APA-61)Berrien (APA-62)
Bladen (APA-63)Bracken (APA-64)
Briscoe (APA-65)Brule (APA-66)
Carlisle (APA-69)Fergus (APA-82)
Drawing

This is what the drawing for Measure 32 Design 4T for the Gilliam class attack transports with (S4-SE2-BD1) maritime type hull may have looked like dated possibly September 1944. The vertical colors for Measure 32 would have been dull black (BK), ocean gray (5-O) and light gray (5-L) with deck blue (20-B) for the horizontal colors. Some ships painted the boats haze gray (5-H) and some used darker colors. The Artemis class attack cargo ships with S4-SE2-BE1 hulls were very similar to Gilliam class attack transports with S4-SE2-BD1 hulls except for the derrick crane and some structural changes so both classes may have used the same drawing. The drawing for either class has not yet been found.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-000000.

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