U.S. Navy Ships in WWII Dazzle Camouflage 1944-1945
Auxiliary Ships
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for AKA-11 |
Measure 31a
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Drawing
The drawing for Measure 31a Design 19F for the USS Betelgeuse (AKA-11) attack cargo ship using the (C2) maritime hull drawn on October 25, 1944. This drawing specifies vertical colors of haze gray (5-H), ocean gray (5-O), and navy blue (5-N) with the horizontal color of deck blue (20-B). This drawing also has two waterlines and the color of the boats is apparently 5-H.
Design 19F was also drawn on November 4, 1944, for the attack cargo ship USS Oberon (AKA-14), a (C2-F) maritime hull.
Original drawing source: NARA 19-N-100078 and 19-N-100079.
