by Tracy White » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:17 am
There were actually several "grays" used in WWII, and none are in the FS 595 catalog as they pre-date it and were considered obsolete before FS 595 was created. Missouri herself was in
Camouflage Measure 22 at the end of the war, and
Camouflage Measure 32, Pattern 22D earlier during her shakedown cruise in the Atlantic. Measure 22 is the simpler of the two to paint, consisting of Navy Blue 5-N in a straight line from the lowest point of the main deck down to the waterline, and wartime haze gray above it. The Navy had actually reformulated paints in February, so she might have been in Navy Gray 5-N instead of Navy Blue, but I don't have any knowledge one way or the other. I don't have any conversions or "close to" numbers for you as I use white ensign paints, but I thought I'd at least give you a proper starting point.
There were actually several "grays" used in WWII, and none are in the FS 595 catalog as they pre-date it and were considered obsolete before FS 595 was created. Missouri herself was in [url=http://www.shipcamouflage.com/measure_22.htm]Camouflage Measure 22[/url] at the end of the war, and [url=http://www.shipcamouflage.com/DesignSheets/M32_22D_BB-61.jpg]Camouflage Measure 32, Pattern 22D[/url] earlier during her shakedown cruise in the Atlantic. Measure 22 is the simpler of the two to paint, consisting of Navy Blue 5-N in a straight line from the lowest point of the main deck down to the waterline, and wartime haze gray above it. The Navy had actually reformulated paints in February, so she might have been in Navy Gray 5-N instead of Navy Blue, but I don't have any knowledge one way or the other. I don't have any conversions or "close to" numbers for you as I use white ensign paints, but I thought I'd at least give you a proper starting point.