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A2-11/S28/FF13      ( 0400 ) UNITED STATES ATLANTIC FLEET U.S.S. CONSTELLATION, (F LAGSHIP)   CONFIDENTIAL Naval Operating Base Newport, R. I., February 26, 1942 ATLANTIC FLEET CONFIDENTIAL LETTER From: Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet. To  : ATLANTIC FLEET.   Subject: Painting of Designating Numbers- Instructions Regarding.   Reference: (a)  ATLANTIC FLEET LETTER 1L-42. (b) Ship Camouflage Instructions, Ships-2, Revised September 1941. (c) U.S. Coast Guard Call Sign Book, l941 (Part II Visual).      1.     Reference (a) is canceled.      2.     Instructions contained in refernce (b) — page 8 — apply to painting of designating numbers on the bow and stern of destroyers, mine sweepers, submarine rescue vessels, small seaplane tenders and patrol vessels.      3.     Surface ships of this Fleet — other than the types enumerated in paragraph 2 above - are directed to paint their designating numbers in white, two feet high, in the general location designated in reference (b) for destroyers except (a) Coast Guard vessels of the unnumbered classes shall use the visual signal calls listed in reference (c) omitting the letter "W".   R.E. INGERSOLL. DISTRIBUTION:  ( 16CM-42 )    List I, Case 2, A, M, X    SPECIAL:  EN1-EN11, EN22, ND1-ND15, NY1-NY7   C. J. CATER, Flag Secretary.

SOURCE:
National Archives & Records Administration, College Park
Record Group 313, Blue 350 ComDesPac Restricted General Administration Files 1941-43

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