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

Destroyer Escorts

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for DE-51

Design 26D

for DE-51

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for DE-51
No ships yet identified in this design
Drawing

This is a composite of the drawing for Design 26D for the Buckley class destroyer escorts in Measure 33a, originally produced October 24, 1944, which was somewhat late in the process of creating Measure 31-32-33 designs. The vertical colors were: ocean gray (5-O) and light gray (5-L). Design 26D also shows clear influence from the earlier Design 22D; so much so that, from the starboard side, ships in this design could easily be mistaken for 22D. Also, note how the starboard center panel is mis-labeled. There were no known destroyer escorts that used this camouflage.

Original drawing sources: NARA 19-N-73636 and 19-N-73637.

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