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S19-7(341-350) EN28/A2-11 PILOT LETTER   March 2, 1943 From: The Chief of the Bureau of Ships To: The Commandants, (Industrial Managers), All Navy Yards Industrial Managers, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth,  Eleventh, and Fifteenth Naval Districts All Assistant Industrial Managers, USN All Supervisors of Shipbuilding, USN All Inspectors of Naval Material   SUBJECT:   Procurement of Camouflage Paints for Ships Under Construction or Conversion in Private Shipyards. References:    (a)   BUSHIPS ltr. A10/S19-(4)(341), EN28/A2-11 dated September 10,1941.    (b) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P25(INT) (Formula 5-U) dated January 2, 1943.    (c) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P42(INT) (Formula 5-TM) dated January 2, 1943.    (d) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P45(MT) (Formula 5-H) dated January 2, 1943.    (e) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P46(INT) (Formula 5-O) dated December 15, 1942.    (f) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P44(INT) (Formula 5-N) dated December 15, 1942.    (g) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P47(INT) (Formula 5-B) dated December 15, 1942.    (h) Bureau of Ships Ad Interim Spec. 52P43(MT) (Formula 20-B) dated October 15, 1942.      1.          The directives in reference (a) are hereby cancelled concerning the limitation on procurement of camouflage paints for ships under construction or conversion in private shipyards, to materials manufactured by the Navy Yards. Specifications which are to be used as a basis for procurement of paints from commercial sources have been prepared and copies are available from the Bureau. References (b) to (h) inclusive, are the applicable specifications. Color chips for the control of shades are available from the Philadelphia Navy Yard.      2.          The application of paints manufactured commercially, in accordance with these specifications, is authorized therefore, on ships under construction or conversion in private shipyards. 3111225 H. A. INGRAM By direction.

SOURCE:
Via Ron Smith:
National Archives & Records Administration, College Park
Record Group 19, General Correspondence

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