Destroyer Escorts

USS Whitman (DE-24) is seen at Mare Island on April 21, 1944, in camouflage 31/1D using dull black and haze gray.
Photo source: NARA BS 131013.

   Whitman is shown again in a starboard side photo in 31/1D at Mare Island on April 21, 1944.  Whitman had been commissioned on September 3, 1943, and spent the entire war in the Pacific.  
Photo source: Mare Island 2436-44.                      

   Whitman is shown again from the stern at Mare Island on April 21, 1944.  Notice the “extra” black panels painted on the stern.
Photo source: Mare Island 2433-44.

  Whitman is shown again at Mare Island from the bow on April 21, 1944. 
Photo source: Mare Island 2432-44.