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Photo #: 80-G-165984

Camouflage Measure 32, Design 2M


Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for minelayers of the CM 11-12 class.
This plan, approved by Commander William C. Latrobe, USN, is dated 17 February 1944. It shows the ship's starboard side, stern and superstructure ends.
USS Salem (CM-11, later renamed Shawmut) and USS Weehawken (CM-12) reportedly wore this camouflage design.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Image posted 7 October 2005