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

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Design 12F

for AK-14

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for AK-14
No ships yet identified in this design
Drawing

The drawing for Measure 33 Design 12F for the USS Regulus (AK-14) cargo ship drawn on May 1, 1944. This drawing specifies vertical colors of pale gray (5-P), haze gray (5-H), and navy blue (5-N) with the horizontal color of deck blue (20-B). This drawing also has two waterlines.

The earliest drawing for Design 12F was for the cargo ship USS Regulus (AK-14) dated May 1, 1944, using blue colors of Measure 33 as above. Design 12F was drawn for the Acontius class motor torpedo boat tenders dated June 7, 1944, on June 20, 1944, for the USS Hilo (AGP-2) and on June 21, 1944, for the Aegir class of submarine tenders. All three drawings used irregular patterns of greens.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-172888 and 80-G-172889.

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