U.S. Navy Ships in WWII Dazzle Camouflage 1944-1945

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for AKA-15

Design 8T

for AKA-15

Design Number Silhouette Ships Wearing Design
for AKA-15
Measure 32
Fomalhaut (AK-22)Electra (AKA-4)
Alycone (AKA-7)Libra (AKA-12)
Andromeda (AKA-15)Centaurus (AKA-17)
Cepheus (AKA-18)Thuban (AKA-19)
Virgo (AKA-20)Achernar (AKA-53)
Algol (AKA-54)Alshain (AKA-55)
Arneb (AKA-56)Capricornus (AKA-57)
Chara (AKA-58)Diphda (AKA-59)
Leo (AKA-60)Muliphen (AKA-61)
Sheliak (AKA-62)Theenim (AKA-63)
Torrance (AKA-76)Skagit (AKA-105)
Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67)Golden City (AP-169)
Winged Arrow (AP-170)Arlington (AP-174)
Starlight (AP-175)
Drawing

The drawing for Measure 32 Design 8T for the Andromeda class attack cargo ships using the (C2-S-B1) maritime hull dated January 11, 1944. This drawing specifies Measure 32 vertical colors: light gray (5-L), ocean gray (5-O), and dull black (BK) with the horizontal color of deck blue (20-B). The color of the boats was not specified. This drawing has a single waterline, the load waterline. A May 9, 1944, memo from the Bureau of Ships rescinded this drawing and forwarded a replacement that extended the pattern to the light load line. That drawing has not yet been found. A BuShips speedletter on 6/3/44 also indicated that a directive was being prepared to omit boot topping and extend camouflage to bottom line of topping to meet bottom anti-fouling paint for all vessels with variable draft lines.

This is the only drawing for Design 8T that has yet been found.

Original drawing source: NARA 80-G-172987 and 80-G-172988.

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