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C-PT/S19(631-516-816) C-EN28/A2-11 NAVY DEPARTMENT Bureau of Ships Washington, D.C. 15 September 1944 CONFIDENTIAL   To: Commandants, all Navy Yard. Supervisor of Shipbuilding, USN:   Quincy, Mass.New York, N,Y.   Annapolis, Md.New Orleans, La. Assistant Supervisor of Shipbuilding, USN:   Bayonne, N. J.Jacksonville, Fla. Industrial Manager, Eighth Naval District Southern Coast Commanding Officer, U,S, Naval Drydocks, Terminal Island, Calif. Comnanding Officer, U,S, Naval Drydocks, Hunter's Point, Calif. Commanding Officer, Industrial Command, U.S. Naval Repair Base,   San Diego, Calif. Commander Naval Forces, North Solomons Commanding Officer, U.S. Navel Station:   Taboga, C. Z.Navy #40   Balboa, C. Z. Commander Motor Torpedo boat Squadrons, 7th Fleet.   Subj:   PT's Assigned to the Pacific - Camouflage Painting.   Ref: (a) BUSHIPS conf. ltr. C-PT/S19-7(332b), C-EN28/A2-11 dated 5 May 1944. (b) COMSERVPAC (FMO) conf. ltr. FM/C-S19/(70-8) serial 01930 dated 8 July 1944. (c) BUSHIPS conf. ltr. C-S19-7(631-332) over C-EN28/A2-11 dated 19 Aug. 1944.   Encl: (H.W.) Drawings had been removed and were not with the report (A) Reference (a) above - 4 Sheets. (B) Basic camouflage design for PT's - 3 Sheets. (C) Working drawings camouflage painting PT (Elco Boats) - Measure 31      -    Design 20L    -     6 Sheets. (D) Working drawings camouflage painting PT (Higging Boats) - Measure 31      -    Design 20L    -     6 Sheets. 1.       Reference (a) is cancelled & superseded by this letter. 2.       In accordance with reference (b), enclosures (B) through (D) cancel and supersede all previous instructions for camouflage painting of PT's assigned to the Pacific. Pattern camouflage, in compliance with enclosures (B) through (D), should be applied to subject vessels under construction at the first opportunity. This design should be applied to PT's in service when repainting is necessary.

C-PT/S19(631-516-816) C-EN28/A2-11 CONFIDENTIAL 3.       The provisions of reference (c) should be followed in applying and reporting this camouflage painting. 4.       Countershading should be omitted on ships camouflaged with design 31/20L.     E. W. Sylvester By direction of Chief of Bureau     CC: COMSERVPAC (FMO) COM7THFLEET ADCOMPHIBSPAC                 -2-

FLEET MAINTENANCE OFFICE COMMANDER SERVICE FORCE UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET COPY Serial  01930 8 JULY 1944 CONFIDENTIAL From: Commander, Service Force, Pacific Fleet,   (Fleet Maintenance Office). To: The Chief of the Bureau of Ships (Codes 631 and 332)   SUBJECT: Camouflage Designs - Recommendations for. REFERENCES:    (a)  ComServPac Conf. ltr. FM/C-S19/(70-8) Serial 0314 of 12 February 1944. (b)  ComServPac Conf. 1tr. FM/C-Sl9/(70-8) Serial 0937 of 11 October 1943.   Enclosures: (A) Basic Camouflage Design - 56 copies. (S/C) (B) LST& LCT Camouflage Design - 200 copies. (C) LCI & PT Camouflage Design - 200 copies. (D) AN & YMS Camouflage Design - 30 Copies. (E) ARS & APc Camouflage Design - 30 Copies (F) APD Camouflage Design - 40 copies. (G) AGP & ARL Camouflage Design - 15 copies. (H) YAG Camouflage Design - 15 copies. (I) ARB Camouflage Design - 10 copies.      1.       Reference (a), in response to requests from the Bureau of Ships, forwarded more specific information as to camouflage designs desired for application to vessels assigned Measure 31 by reference (b). Designs 5L, 6L, 7L, and 18L were recommended for several types.      2.       Designs 5L, 6L, 7L, and 18L in Measure 31 have proved only partially satisfactory in service for certain typed of vessels. In an attempt to improve on the designs available other patterns were applied experimentally. In conjunction with the Commander Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet, the basic design shown in enclosure (A) was found to be most satisfactory for several types. Enclosures (B) - (I) indicate the application to one vessel of each of the types to which the basic design is considered applicable. The enclosures were prepared by the silk screen process using actual camouflage paints. The colors used are modifications of the present standard greens and browns. Paints and tinting materials employed are those specified by the Bureau, the only change necessary being the modifications of proportions to match the colors shown. It is considered more practical for standardization to match-the samples provided rather than to prescribe definite quantities of ingredients.

FLEET MAINTENANCE OFFICE COMMANDER SERVICE FORCE UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET FM/C-S19/(70-8) COPY/DC Serial  01930 CONFIDENTIAL 8 JULY 1944 Subject:       Camouflage Designs - Recommendations for. -----------------------------------      3.       It is requested that the Bureau promulgate copies of enclosures (B) - (I), inclusive, to building and repair activities concerned for use in applying the new designs for the vessels illustrated which are assigned to the Pacific Fleet. It is also requested that previous instructions for these vessels be cancelled. However, it is considered unnecessary for vessels painted in accordance with existing directives to apply the new designs prior to the time that repainting is required for preservation purposes.      4.       In view of the standardized pattern for the types involved, it is considered advisable for simplicity to forward the enclosures provided direct to painting agencies rather than to individual vessels. Where hull shapes different from those illustrated occur in any given type, it is requested that the basic design, enclosure (A), merely be superimposed on the silhouette to form the pattern.   /S/ H. T. SMITH By direction.     Copy to:   ComPhibPac             - 2 -

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