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The design drawing for Measure 32/1C for the San Francisco class heavy cruisers attached to the March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2. Almost all edges use feathering into the adjacent color; this could only be done by spraying and would probably be difficult to maintain or repaint. In fact, an August 1943 memo from the Pacific Fleet to the Bureau of Ships recommended: “Soft, graded patterns should be avoided until expert supervision for application may be made available.” This may be why no Pacific Fleet ships used this particular design drawing.
The first Design 1C drawing was for the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38) using Measure 32 and was attached to the March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2, as above. Then sometime later probably still 1943 Design 1C was drawn for the Atlanta class light cruisers also in Measure 32.
Original drawing source: March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2 Plate XXVII.
