Aircraft Carriers

The Essex class carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) on September 25, 1944, off the east coast, wearing camouflage 32/17A, version one, taken by squadron ZP-12. The vertical colors for Measure 32 would be dull black (BK), navy blue (5-N), ocean gray (5-O), haze gray (5-H), light gray (5-L) and pale gray (5-P) with the horizontal surfaces deck blue (20-B). Bennington based on the odd-even rule should be in Measure 33, and the colors may be lightened or shifted to black, navy blue, ocean gray, light gray, pale gray and white in order to make this Measure 33, however the New York Navy Yard was sent the drawing labeled Measure 32 on June 28, 1944, for CV-20.
Photo source: NARA 80-G-282724.

USS Bennington (CV-20) on December 13, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/17A, version two, taken by Naval Air Station, New York. The vertical colors are navy blue (5-N), ocean gray (5-O) and haze gray (5-H), with the horizontal surfaces deck blue (20-B). The panels of haze gray apppear to be lightened to pale gray (5-P), but are probably reflecting the bright sun at this angle.
Photo source: NARA 80-G-298091.

USS Bennington (CV-20) in a distant photo again on December 13, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/17A, version two, taken by Naval Air Station, New York.
Photo source: NARA 80-G-298096.

USS Bennington (CV-20) in a closer photo again on December 13, 1944, wearing camouflage 32/17A, version two, in New York. The lightest panels can be seen here to be freshly painted haze gray which from some angles appears much lighter.
Photo source: NARA BS 78215.

   USS Bennington (CV-20) is seen under air attack on May 14, 1945, still wearing camouflage 32/17A, version two, viewed from USS Hornet (CV-12).  A Japanese kamikaze aircraft has just been hit by anti-aircraft fire and exploded above Bennington. Photo source: NARA 80-G-331623.