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

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for AS-15

Design 5AS

for AS-15

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for AS-15
Measure 32
Bushnell (AS-15)Proteus (AS-19)
Drawing

The drawing for Design 32/5AS for the USS Bushnell (AS-15) a Fulton class subarine tender dated April 12, 1944. This drawing was drawn by Lt. Cmdr. Dayton R. E. Brown, a camouflage expert who had been assigned to the Fleet Maintenance Office of Service Force, Pacific Fleet. Brown may have also drawn the designs for USS Indiana (BB-58), USS Colorado (BB-45) and USS Maryland (BB-46). The vertical colors were pale gray (5-P), haze gray (5-H) and dull black (BK). The deck was deck blue (20-B) and ocean gray (5-O).

This is the only drawing for Design 5AS.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-000000.

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