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  2. Ship camouflage - Wikipedia

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    By 1945, with the remnants of the Japanese Navy seeking to hide from American air power, its battleships were painted in a variety of camouflage measures. Haruna , for example, wore olive green overall, its turrets painted light green with gray stripes, whereas Ise ' s olive dress was broken up with patches of gray, red-brown, yellow, and dark ...

  3. Dazzle camouflage - Wikipedia

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    The development of naval camouflage 1914–1945; Artists and other contributors to camouflage in the 20th century; Camoupedia: dazzle camouflage; Razzle dazzle camouflage "She's All Dressed Up For Peace", Popular Science (February 1919), p. 55. "Fighting the U-Boat with Paint", Popular Science (April 1919), pp. 17–19.

  4. World War II ship camouflage measures of the United States Navy

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    With the likelihood of the United States entering the war, and after experiments with various paint schemes conducted in association with the 1940 Fleet Problem (exercise), the Bureau of Ships (BuShips) directed in January 1941 that the peacetime color of overall #5 Standard Navy Gray, a light gloss shade with a linseed oil base, be replaced with matte Dark Gray, #5-D, a new paint formulation ...

  5. World War II US Navy dazzle camouflage measures 31, 32 and 33 ...

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    Dazzle camouflage of warships was adopted by the U.S. Navy during World War II, following research at the Naval Research Laboratory.Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces.

  6. Ukraine's tiny navy is using a WWI-era tactic to ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. Mountbatten pink - Wikipedia

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    Mountbatten pink, also called Plymouth Pink, [2] is a naval camouflage colour resembling greyish mauve. It was first used by Lord Mountbatten of the British Royal Navy during World War II . After noticing a Union-Castle Line ship with a similar camouflage colour disappearing from sight, he applied the colour to his own ships, believing the ...

  8. List of military clothing camouflage patterns - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of military clothing camouflage patterns used for battledress. Military camouflage is the use of camouflage by armed forces to protect personnel and equipment from observation by enemy forces. Textile patterns for uniforms have multiple functions, including camouflage, identifying friend from foe, and esprit de corps. [1]

  9. Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine - Wikipedia

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    German Vice Admiral Günther Lütjens during World War II. The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany prior to and during World War II.Kriegsmarine uniform design followed that of the preexisting Reichsmarine, itself based on that of the First World War Kaiserliche Marine.