U.S. Navy Ships in WWII Dazzle Camouflage 1944-1945
Destroyers
Both classes were designed to be squadron leaders with three twin 5-inch gun mounts. There were 8 torpedo tubes on Porter, and 12 torpedo tubes on Somers.
Ships in red are not confirmed by photographic or textual research.
Click on a blue ship's name or design number to see photos.
Design Number |
Silhouette |
Ships Wearing Design |
for DD-380
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| Measure 32 |
for DD-357
|
| Measure 32 |
for DD-421
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| Measure 32
Moffett (DD-362) | Somers (DD-381) | Warrington (DD-383) | Sampson (DD-394) | Benson (DD-421) | Mayo (DD-422) | Madison (DD-425) | Hilary P. Jones (DD-427) | Charles F. Hughes (DD-428) | Livermore (DD-429) | Eberle (DD-430) | Plunkett (DD-431) | Kearny (DD-432) | Mervine (DD-489) | Quick (DD-490) | Farenholt (DD-491) | Endicott (DD-495) | McCook (DD-496) | Frankford (DD-497) | Murphy (DD-603) | Parker (DD-604) | Laub (DD-613) | Nields (DD-616) | Baldwin (DD-624) | Thompson (DD-627) | Cowie (DD-632) | Knight (DD-633) | Butler (DD-636) | Tillman (DD-641) | | |
for DD-357
|
| Measure 32 |
for DD-356
|
| No ships yet identified in this design |
for DD-357
|
| Measure 32 |