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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

In all seriousness, this could probably be printed out and tucked into the dust jacket of my library's copy of Naval Anti-Aircraft Guns and Gunnery.

Wow, truly impressive!

Above sheet updated with Mark 19 and Mark 24 gun directors.

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

Extremely useful guide, thanks Ian! And of course, very well done.

Main sheet updated... every entry has been changed. Please delete any locally saved copies you might have.

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

Howdy Colo - great work - is there a 6" to 16" sheet somewhere that would still be required?

Not currently, no... I don't really plan on making one for guns larger than 8" as generally those are specific to each ship and not good candidates for mass production (or copy pasting in SB format).

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

1 will there be a top view list of components?
2 is there any way I can help with anything?

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What I like to work on/plan to work on:
US ship Proposals and prototypes
Other ships that haven't yet been put up on Ship bucket
Suggestions Welcomed

Currently working on:
Heavy Cruiser Proposal CA-B: ~80% done.
Heavy Cruiser Proposal CA-C: ~5-10% done.
Heavy/Large Cruiser Proposal CA2-D: ~35% done.
FD Scale P-51A Dazzle Camo Livery: ~5-10% done.
Getting better: Always being worked on.

Finished:
FD Scale P-51D's Dazzle Camo Livery (might be redone)
FD Scale P-51D's German Captured Livery

Sorry for delayed response - just returned from a week of vacation.

To your questions:

1. I've done a few plan views for some of the components but I generally don't produce plan view drawings anyway, so I don't expect to make an accompanying plan view for each elevation view.

2. You could try drawing plan views for the various components if you want, or try drawing new components where necessary. Areas I haven't really covered (off the top of my head) are the auxiliaries, PT boats, the submarines, amphibs, and aircraft carriers. All of those units have unique components that don't generally apply to the battleship-cruiser-destroyer subset I normally focus on.

And of course, finding high-res photos or original yard plans of anything USN-related from the time period is always appreciated.

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)