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

Mine Warfare

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Minesweepers

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for AM-136

Design 22D

for AM-136

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for AM-136
Measure 32
Concise (AM-163)Control (AM-164)
Counsel (AM-165)Disdain (AM-222)
Dour (AM-223)Eager (AM-224)
Execute (AM-232)Fancy (AM-234)
Gayety (AM-239)Hazard (AM-240)
Inaugural (AM-242)Lucid (AM-259)
Ransom (AM-283)Rebel (AM-284)
Spectacle (AM-305)Specter (AM-306)
Staunch (AM-307)Superior (AM-311)
Dunlin (AM-361)Gadwall (AM-362)
Drawing

A composite of the drawings for Measure 32 Design 22D for the Admirable class minesweepers drawn up on May 3, 1944. The colors were dull black (BK) and light gray (5-L) with deck of solid deck blue (20-B). However, some ships were sent instructions to paint in navy blue (5-N) and light gray. Note, the view that was crossed out. The stern view shows the stern from quarter to quarter as in a perspective view and not a true orthographic view.

This design first appeared as a pattern for Measure 16 in June 1942. This design was drawn up on December 3, 1943, for the Evarts class destroyer escorts as well as the Fletcher class destroyers. Design 22D was dated January 27, 1944, for the Buckley class destroyer escorts and used three colors. In March and April of 1944 it was drawn for the Porter and Benson classes of destroyers. Design 22D in three Measure 33 colors was dated April 18, 1944, for the Atlanta class light cruisers and used by USS San Juan (CL-54) and USS Flint (CL-97) but in Measure 32 colors. The battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) commissioned on June 11, 1944 in this design and she wore this camouflage until she arrived in the Pacific a few weeks later. Missouri used Measure 32 colors of dull black, ocean gray and light gray.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-173254 and 80-G-173255.

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