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

Auxiliary Ships

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Auxiliaries III

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for AD-14

Design 4Ax

for AD-14

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for AD-14
Measure 32
Dixie (AD-14)Prairie (AD-15)
Cascade (AD-16)Piedmont (AD-17)
Sierra (AD-18)Yosemite (AD-19)
Hector (AR-7)Jason (ARH-1)
Fulton (AS-11)Howard W. Gilmore (AS-16)
Drawing

This is the drawing for Measure 32 Design 4Ax for the Dixie class destroyer tenders dated January 6, 1944. The vertical colors were specified to be dull black (BK), ocean gray (5-O) and light gray (5-L) with deck blue (20-B) and ocean gray for the horizontal colors.

This is the only version of Design 4Ax yet found.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-163666 and 80-G-163667.

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