The Measure 33/24D design drawings for for the Cleveland class light cruisers dated February 17, 1944. The vertical colors would be light gray (5-L) and ocean gray (5-O) with a pattern of deck blue (20-B) and ocean gray (5-O) on horizontal surfaces. Measure 32 colors would be light gray (5-L) and dull black (BK).
Design 24D was derived from a Measure 16 pattern dated June 1942. In December 1943, Design 24D was used for the light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) in Measure 33 colors: ocean gray (5-O) and light gray (5-L). About the same time 24D was used with Measure 32 colors for the Fletcher class destroyers. Light cruiser USS San Diego (CL-53) also wore Design 24D using the Measure 32 colors dull black (BK) and light gray (5-L), beginning in April 1944, until the end of the war.
Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-165985 and 80-G-165992.
