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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 ...
Each ship's dazzle pattern was unique to make it more difficult for the enemy to recognize different classes of ships. The result was that a profusion of dazzle schemes were tried, and the evidence for their success was at best mixed. Dazzle camouflage patterns used on cruisers are presented here. Patterns designed for cruisers were suffixed ...
Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces. Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a target's identity, range, speed and heading. Each ship's dazzle pattern was unique to make it more difficult for the enemy to recognize different classes of ...
Dazzle consists in painting obtrusive patterns on vertical surfaces. Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed and heading. Each ship's dazzle pattern was unique to make it more difficult for the enemy to recognize different classes of ships.
In 1935, the United States Navy Naval Research Laboratory began studies and tests on low-visibility camouflage for ships. Some measures were deceptive, like a false-painted bow wave to give the impression of high speed at all times.
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
Camouflage systems and patterns designed for ships. Military camouflage measures were applied to both military and civil ships in the First World War, so this category can include measures applied to civil ships as long as the intention is protection against military attack.
In some cases, the individuality of camouflage schemes might be best covered in the individual ship articles. Navies with fewer ships had less reason for standardized camouflage measures; and might similarly be covered in individual ship articles or in the general ship camouflage article.Thewellman 22:33, 11 December 2012 (UTC)