by Tracy White » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:38 am
That's Measure 31 / 20L (20L means pattern 20, Landing craft). 20L was a common pattern applied to amphibious craft that were expected to be closer to shore, thus the Navy wanted to hide them from submarines or vessels further out to sea. The colors, listed from
ShipCamouflage.com are:
Measure 31/20L consisted of a large sheet on which was painted a disruptive pattern of Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green and #4 Brown. The outline of a vessel (LST or EG) would be laid over a portion of the sheet, and the pattern so covered would be painted onto the vessel. Worn by large numbers of amphibious craft in the Pacific in 1944-1945.
Colors: Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green, #4 Brown, 20G Deck Green.
Vertical surfaces - varying patterns of Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green and #4 Brown. Decks and horizontal surfaces - varying patterns of Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green, #4 Brown and 20G.
Counter shading - none.
I posted part of the master pattern for this
to my blog a couple of years ago.
That's Measure 31 / 20L (20L means pattern 20, Landing craft). 20L was a common pattern applied to amphibious craft that were expected to be closer to shore, thus the Navy wanted to hide them from submarines or vessels further out to sea. The colors, listed from [url=http://www.shipcamouflage.com/5_7.htm]ShipCamouflage.com[/url] are:
[quote]Measure 31/20L consisted of a large sheet on which was painted a disruptive pattern of Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green and #4 Brown. The outline of a vessel (LST or EG) would be laid over a portion of the sheet, and the pattern so covered would be painted onto the vessel. Worn by large numbers of amphibious craft in the Pacific in 1944-1945.
Colors: Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green, #4 Brown, 20G Deck Green.
Vertical surfaces - varying patterns of Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green and #4 Brown. Decks and horizontal surfaces - varying patterns of Black, #1 Green, #2 Green, #3 Green, #4 Brown and 20G.
Counter shading - none. [/quote]
I posted part of the master pattern for this [url=http://researcheratlarge.blogspot.com/2008/05/improvisation-part-ii.html]to my blog[/url] a couple of years ago.