U.S. Navy Ships in WWII Dazzle Camouflage 1944-1945
Destroyers
Benson Class |
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| Design Number | Silhouette | Ships Wearing Design | ||
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for DD-598 |
No ships yet identified in this design | |||
Drawing
The design drawing for Measure 33/17D for the Benson class destroyers using the profile of Bancroft (DD-598) that was attached to the March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2. The vertical colors were pale gray (5-P) with a sprayed pattern of haze gray (5-H). The horizontal pattern had the direction: “Deck blue 20-B with light, misty application of haze gray pattern to break the sheer line.”
This is the only Design 17D that has yet been found.
Original drawing source: March 1943 Supplement to SHIPS-2 Plate XX.
