N. B. S. 2
ADDRESS BUREAU OF SHIPS, NAVY DEPARTMENT
AND REFER TO NO. C-S19-1 (5)(341)
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NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF SHIPS WASHINGTON, D. C. |
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VIA AIR MAIL
CONFIDENTIAL| From: | Bureau of Ships. | |
| To: | Commandant, Mare Island. | |
| Subject: | Outside Gray Paint -- Manufacture of. | |
| References: | ||
| (a) | Comdt.,MI,Conf.let.No.JJ52/L8-3 (34-377649), dated Apr.19/1941, to Buships. | |
| (b) | Buships and Sanda Conf.Jt let.dated Apr.29/1941, Buships No.C-S19-l(l)(DYr)(SM) EN28/A2-11, and Sanda No.L4/JJ-52(l3) L8-2/NY6. | |
| (c) | Buships Desp. 020310 May 1941 to INM,Cincinnati. | |
| (d) | INM,Cincinnati desp. 051634 May 1941. | |
1. Reference (c) presented the status of manufacture of outside gray paints including comment upon the prospects of receiving ingredients required for the new formulas.
2. In connection with the manufacture of the old type gray paint and the black paste, formula 5-BP, to convert the old type gray paint into a shade approximating that of the new dark gray paint, formula 5D, attention is invited particularly to paragraphs 7, 8, 9 and 11 of reference (b).
3. As regards the ingredients required for the new formulas which were advertised in Schedule 6503 opened 29 April, the Yard is informed that awards of contracts were made 21 May as follows: