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Dazzle camouflage patterns used on cruisers are presented here. Patterns designed for cruisers were suffixed with the letter C, but many cruisers were painted in adapted patterns originally designed for other ship types (A for aircraft carriers, D for destroyers etc.)
Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a type of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards.
Cruiser Measure 6 made a Brooklyn or St. Louis-class cruisers resemble a New Orleans-class cruiser, [6] by painting a New Orleans silhouette on both sides: Light Gray on a Measure 1 ship, or Dark Gray on a Measure 2 or 3 ship. [a] Measure 7: Similar to Measure 6, Cruiser Measure 7 made an Omaha-class cruiser resemble a Clemson-class destroyer ...
World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: aircraft carriers; World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: battleships; World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: cruisers; World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33: destroyers
Gloire then operated from Dakar together with other French and Italian cruisers, searching for Axis blockade runners in the central and south Atlantic until 16 January 1944, when she moved to the Mediterranean. Gloire, in dazzle camouflage, off the coast of North Africa, 1944
Ukraine's navy has revealed a fresh paint job on some of its boats, which appear to have adopted a World War I-era tactic of using dazzle camouflage. Ukraine's tiny navy is using a WWI-era tactic ...
In August 2021, the University of Utah football team announced they would use grey uniforms during their 20 November 2021 game against Oregon to pay tribute to the Salt Lake City including "dazzle-camo accents" on the shoulders and sides of the pants and a single battle star on the right shoulder — 11 altogether when the team is on the field ...
The first camouflage scheme, applied early in March 1918, was curvilinear in nature and largely broad areas of olive with blacks, greys and blues. The second scheme was the more geometric design commonly referred to as "dazzle"; this design, applied by July 1918, was mostly several dark blues and greys with some black.