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C-S19-l(6)(340) C-EN28/A2-11 NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF SHIPS WASHINGTON, D. C. September 16, 1941 CONFIDENTIAL From: The Chief of the Bureau of Ships. To: The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet. The Commander Battle Force, Pacific Fleet. The Commander Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet. The Commander Battleships, Battle Force, Pacific Fleet. The Commander Battleships, Atlantic Fleet. The Commander Cruisers Battle Force, Pacific Fleet. The Commander Cruisers, Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet. The Commander Cruisers, Atlantic Fleet. The Commanding Officers, All Battleships in Commission. The Commanding Officers, All Heavy Cruisers in Commission. The Commanding Officers, Light Cruisers 40-50 inclusive.   Subject:   Low Visibility Paint - Application of a Dark Bluish Gray Paint to Exposed Wood Decks. Reference:  (a) BUSHIPS Conf. ltr. C-S19-l-(1)(341), C-EN28/A2-11, dated August 29, 1941.      1.    Paragraph 2 of reference (a) requested the addressees at as early a date as practicable and when dark bluish gray paint is available from the paint manufacturing yards to paint all exposed wood decks on battleships and cruisers with the material.      2.    In the event of this material not being available to all forces afloat, the addressees are advised that Formula 5-U which has been furnished the forces afloat for low visibility surfaces may be used in lieu thereof in combination with tinting material 5-TM in the proportion of 5 gallons of 5-U and 20 pints of Formula 5-TM. (This would be darker than 5-N Navy Blue as the portions called out here, for example, are 15 pints per 5-gallon container)   G. W. Nelson By direction

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