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As far as the idea that having incorrect mast heights in a Recognition Manual should be considered "real life conditions" and that a 700 yard difference in found range due to those "fog of war" conditions is acceptable is BULL!! Any Captain that found out the RM was wrong with it's measurements and a couple of misses were the result, would have corrected the darn thing so he wouldn't miss in the future. And, if he was of the type that didn't mind telling the "powers to be" what he thought, he'd have them know the manual needed to be corrected so others didn't make the same mistake. I'm simply doing the same.
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And dazzle patterns never fooled a skipper with correct AOB or total misidentification of a ship either.
Only one that I know of told "the power that be what he thought". It concerned bad torpedoes.
Ship misidentification happened all the time.
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On 30 July, Tarpon again headed for Japanese home waters. On 16 August, she sighted a Japanese task force which reportedly included an aircraft carrier of the Otaka-class (there was, in fact, no such class; intelligence had misidentified Taiyo, but its high speed prohibited an attack
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It was not an exact science.
May I direct all to this thread?
http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...d.php?t=138202