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Yes please do a pre-war variant. I find it very useful to learn from the pre-war to wartime transitions.

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A few more:



This is BLUE (DD-387) in August of 1942, as lost off Guadalcanal. BLUE is painted in the standard Measure 21 all-over Navy Blue (5-N) of the period.

BLUE was torpedoed in Ironbottom Sound by KAWAKAZE, and after several attempts to salvage the ship by towing it to Tulagi were unsuccessful, BLUE was scuttled on August 23rd. Nine men were killed by the torpedo hit.

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This is MUGFORD (DD-389) in April of 1944 after a refit period at Mare Island. The ship is camouflaged in Measure 32/1D.

All of the surviving BAGLEYs were refitted along the same (sparse) lines. SC-2 and SG search radars sit on the foremast, along with a TBS tactical radio antenna. The Mark 4 "FD" ranging radar has been mounted to the front of the Mark 33 director. MUGFORD shows the effects of the usual wartime AA refits, with a 40mm Bofors twin mounted atop the aft deckhouse, and 20mm Oerlikons in amidships tubs. The ship retains its four torpedo tubes.

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This is MUGFORD (DD-389) in March of 1945, after her final refit period at Mare Island. The ship is camouflaged in Measure 22.

This refit replaced the Mark 4 ranging radar on the Mark 33 with the lighter and more advanced Mark 25 set. MUGFORD would end the war in this configuration, and would be expended as a target off Kwajalein after the Operation CROSSROADS nuclear tests.

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

Awesome work!

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More quality drawings for the USN folder. Well done.

Excellent!