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Athena model dazzle camouflage based on WW2 British Royal Navy River-class frigate which operated convoy escort / anti-submarine operations in North Atlantic. British used 3-tone wavy pattern of black, light tan, medium tan. Term Frigate was not introduced until 1942, so when this design was initially called "Twin-Screw Corvette". UK River-class Frigate PDF file
- Frigate - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate
- Corvette - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette
Rollover : 1917 British Royal Navy HMS Argus aircraft carrier with splinter dazzle pattern. Inset is 1918 photo of SS Empress of Russia used as troop transport. WW1-era aircraft carriers were conversions from tankers or transport vessels and not built from kneel-up as dedicated carriers, hence the extremely narrow wooden deck with rudimentary aircraft arrestor gear system made of ropes strung across the deck tied to sand-bags. Then again, the biplanes used were landing slowly at 5 tap 10 mph, so long wind gust does not blow them over. Dazzle Pattern - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage
- HMS Argus (I49) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)
- RMS Empress of Russia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Empress_of_Russia

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Royal Navy HMT Mauretania with dazzle camouflage during WW1 operations (HMT acronym referred to His Majesty's Transport). Inset shows color depiction of her disruptive camouflage pattern.

Mauretania was part of Cunard Ocean Liner fleet. WW1 outbreak in 1914, the British Royal Navy wanted to convert her to armed merchant cruiser, but her size and fuel requirements made this role impossible. Thus, at various times in WW1, liner served as troop transport or hospital ship.

RMS Mauretania (1906) | Wiki

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Color print for WW1-era Razzle Dazzle ship-borne camouflage. Patterns were usually hard-edged in contrasting hues. These patterns would become more irregular edged by WW2-era.

This 1919 poster titled "Dazzle-ships in Drydock at Liverpool"

Dazzle Camouflage | Bobolinkbooks.com

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Irregular dazzle pattern for Allied WW1 cargo vessel. In initial war years, cargo ships solely transversed the Atlantic Ocean, until German U-boats began sinking significant tonnage. By which Allies switch to the Convoy System to safeguard deliveries.

A gCaptain Halloween – Navy Ships in Razzle Dazzle Costume | gCaptain.com

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Schematic of dazzle camouflage application with multiple intersection planes for colors to be filled in. Key aspect was to disrupt ship silhouette from being viewed from distant horizons.

Dazzle Camouflage | GoTouring.com

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Color print showing WW1-era transport ships with 2-tone dazzle pattern. These transports were used to ferry Canadian, then later American troops to western European front. Also used to carry British and Commonwealth troops to Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey.

Gallipoli Campaign | Wiki

Razzle Dazzle Ship Paintings | gCaptain.com

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18 April 1942, USS Hornet (CV-8) launches US Army Airforce B-25s off her deck for famed Doolittle Raid on Japan home islands.

USS Hornet CV-8 Photo Archive | SteelNavy.com

Carrier had wavy dazzle pattern to disrupt her hull silhouette. This carrier was sunk in May 1942 Coral Sea battle.

Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Doolittle's B-25 Raid on Japan | TK-JK.net

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WW2 USS Hornet (CV-12) with dazzle splinter pattern, operating off Okinawa, 27 March 1945. This carrier assumed the Hornet name for one (CV-8) sunk in 1942 battle.

Official US Navy camouflage designation is titled Camouflage Measure 33, Design 3a.

USN Camouflage Measures | Shipcamouflage.com

USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) Camouflage | Caltech.com

WWII Tribute to ESSEX Airmen, 1943 - 1945 | USSesseccv9.org

The Fast Carriers | SanDiego.edu

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