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Measure 21 (1945 Revision)
Navy Gray System
(Source: "Camouflage Instructions - Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, Assigned to the Pacific Fleet." C-S19-7(631) of 26 February, 1945.)


CL-43 USS Nashville in 1945 MS 21 Camouflage

Vertical Surfaces:

Apply #7 Navy Gray (5-N) to all vertical surfaces without exception.

Horizontal Surfaces:

Apply Deck Gray (20) to all deck and other horizontal surfaces.

Notes:

It should be noted that #7 Navy Gray has been substituted for Navy Blue retaining the same designation (5-N), and Deck Gray (20) has been substituted for Deck Blue (20-B). Countershading is no longer authorized