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

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Design 6D

for BB-40

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for BB-40
Measure 32
New Mexico (BB-40)Mississippi (BB-41)
Drawing

The drawings for Design 6D using Measure 32 colors drawn for the New Mexico class battleships dated February 16, 1944. The Measure 32 colors are dull black (BK), ocean gray (5-O) and light gray (5-L) vertically with a pattern of deck blue (20-B) and ocean gray on the horizontal surfaces.

The first drawing for Design 6D was included with the July 15, 1943, memo to PacFleet for the Fletcher class destroyers. Another Design 6D drawing for Fletcher was dated December 22, 1943, and it was redrawn on January 19, 1944, for the Cleveland class light cruisers and was worn by USS Birmingham (CL-62) and USS Vicksburg (CL-86) in Measure 33 colors and reportedly by USS Biloxi (CL-80) in Measure 32 colors. It was also worn by the battleships USS New Mexico (BB-40) and USS Mississippi (BB-41).

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-166246 and 80-G-166247.

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