Ship Camouflage Instructions
United States Navy
Ships - 2 
Revision 2
Bureau of Ships
June 1942

Camouflage Painting Measures

Measure 21 - Navy Blue System.

Effectiveness.

Lowest visibility to aerial observers day and night in all types of weather.  Low visibility under searchlight.  High visibility to all surface observers in all types of weather.  Considerable course deception to surface observers in all types of weather.

Method of Application.

Navy Blue 5-N

All vertical surfaces without exception.

Deck Blue 20-B

All deck and horizontal surfaces.

 

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