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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.)
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 ...
USS West Mahomet in dazzle camouflage, 1918 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.
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
USS Louisville (CL/CA-28), a Northampton-class cruiser, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Louisville, Kentucky.She was active throughout the Pacific War.
USS Smith (DD-378) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith , USN. Smith was a senior officer aboard USS Congress and killed when CSS Virginia sank her.
World War II ship camouflage measures of the United States Navy; 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