Auxiliary Ships

A port broadside view of USS Duchess (APA-98) wearing camouflage 32/4T probably in the Chesapeake Bay not long after commissioning on November 4, 1944. The four vertical colors used by this version of Design 4T were dull black, navy blue, ocean gray and light gray.
Photo source: NARA BS 73675.

USS Duchess (APA-98) is seen again from the port stern in camouflage 32/4T not long after commissioning.
Photo source: NARA BuAer 122358.

Another view of USS Duchess (APA-98) wearing camouflage 32/4T near Newport, Rhode Island on December 7, 1944. Photo from squadron ZP-24.
Photo source: NARA 80-G-294555.