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Photo # NH 55001:  USS Caldwell in pattern camouflage, 1918.

Online Library of Selected Images:
U.S. NAVY SHIP CAMOUFLAGE -- WORLD WAR I -- Listed by Ship Type and Class

Pattern Camouflage worn by Caldwell Class with Four Smokestacks(Destroyer #s 69-70 and 74 )


This page provides pictorial information on camouflage types used on four-stack Caldwell Class destroyers during the First World War.
NOTE:
This page represents a "work in progress", in which the individual components will be several years in preparation.

For presentations of Measure 31-32-33 design schemes listed by design designator, see:

  • Measures 31-32-33 -- Listed by Design Designator.


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    Ship ID & Comments:

    Starboard Side:

    Port Side:
    USS Caldwell (Destroyer # 69)

    Probable Camouflage Type:
    Mackay Low Visibility
    , 1917-1918.

    Note: Other starboard side views of this camouflage scheme can be seen in the Online Library page for this ship

     
    Taken 14 December 1917

     
    Taken 27 February 1918
    USS Caldwell (Destroyer # 69)

    Probable Camouflage Type:
    "Dazzle" Pattern Camouflage
    , 1918.

     
    Taken 1918

     
    Taken 1918
    USS Caldwell (Destroyer # 69)

    Probable Camouflage Type:
    Modified version of that presented immediately above
    , 1918.

     
    Taken 1918

    No photo currently available
    POSSIBLY USS Caldwell (Destroyer # 69)

    Probable Camouflage Type:
    Possibly the same as that presented immediately above
    , 1918.

     
    Taken in late 1918

    No photo currently available


    Ship ID & Comments:

    Starboard Side:

    Port Side:
    USS Craven (Destroyer # 70)

    Probable Camouflage Type:
    "Dazzle" Pattern Camouflage
    , 1918.

    Note: Other port side views of this camouflage scheme can be seen in the Online Library page for this ship

    No photo currently available

     
    Taken 1 November 1918


    Ship ID & Comments:

    Starboard Side:

    Port Side:
    USS Manley (Destroyer # 74)

    Probable Camouflage Type:
    "Dazzle" Pattern Camouflage
    , 1917-1918.

     
    Taken prior to 19 March 1918

     
    Taken prior to 19 March 1918


    For more details on these camouflage designs, and listings of the DD-692 (Allen M. Sumner) and DD-710 (Gearing) class destroyers which wore them, see:

  • Measures 31-32-33 Designs for DD-692 and DD-710 Class Destroyers -- Individual Ship Listings.

    For information and images related to Camouflage Measure 31-32-33 designs used on other ship types and classes, see:

  • Measures 31-32-33 -- Listed by Ship Type.


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the Online Library's pictures are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


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