ArizonaBB39 wrote:
She'd be in Ms1 with blue flight deck? What were her deck markings at this time? Thanks for any insights.
Enterprise in 1941 is interesting and frustrating because we know Halsey used her for experiments. She had the silhouette of a destroyer painted on her side for a bit, for example, and NO ONE has managed to locate a photo of this yet. At least by summer of 1941 Halsey started experimenting with camouflaged decks -
this color photo purports to be from June 1941 and in natural wood decking but if you look closely at the port forward flight deck you will see patterns that suggest blocks of paint.
This memo indicates that by the beginning of September Enterprise had painted over her original Mahogany stain with a blue-gray paint similar to aircraft non-specular blue-gray being applied to the aircraft at the time. This was then replaced in October with a new formula, given
here with a textural description of "
a grayish-blue appearance, with the original maroon flashing through to some extent." There is also a description of the deck lines that may be helpful.
This is the last/latest documentation I have located for Enterprise at this point.
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