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

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Design 2D

for DD-3

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for DD-3
No ships yet identified in this design
Drawing

The drawing for Design 2D for three-stack destroyer classes using Measure 33 was attached to the March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2. The Measure 33 vertical colors were specified to be haze gray (5-H) and pale gray (5-P). The horizontal color was deck blue (20-B).

This is the only drawing for Design 2D that has yet been found.

Original drawing source: March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2 Plate XXI.

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