We continue here with the color comparison between 5-D, 5-S & 5-N, all under the same light conditions at a period in time where they would all be seen painted on ships of the Pacific fleet....
USS Nevada, Ms. 1, 5-D, Blacker than Black....
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File comment: Her stern nameplate, not burned, not submerged, same as the color chips I've seen of the Oklahoma and Enterprise....
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File comment: Oh yes, faded 5-D looks kinda chalky doesn't it? look at the solid black boot topping and the worn anti-fouling red.....
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File comment: Oh yes, weathered 5-D, compare to the 5-H haze grey and the places where the paint was burned off the hull.... No doubt exactly how 5-D is described...
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At this point, we have three different tugs each painted in the three different dark scheme colors 5-D, 5-S & 5-N and I'm about to show them to you all...
We start with 5-D... Dark Grey
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Now we go to 5-S..... Sea Blue
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And finally 5-N... Navy Blue....
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And lastly, the Crane of the Nevada, compared to the crane on the Wee Vee, a direct comparison of 5-D dark Grey and 5-S Sea Blue.....
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File comment: The Nevada's crane in 5-D Dark Grey....
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We know this is Wee Vee cause she is in the outside berth ahead of the Arizona in the background....
And it is the same light conditions, same camera, same time of the year....
WE now know the difference between 5-D, Dark Grey, 5-S Sea Blue and 5-N Navy Grey....
Unfortunately that is the only shot of Arizona in this video so it cannot tell us an answer to the burning question of was she finished or not.... but since it is now apparent that Wee Vee was in Sea Blue and I've seen images of the Tennessee in the same color that it is absolutely possible to paint a battleship completely in a week two of the battle line were and I'm now even more convinced that the Arizona was as well....
That's my evidence on the paint controversy....
If anyone wants to see the full complete 18 minute film I'm posting the link to it below.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5cqIT6_CbsEnjoy...
EG