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Originally Posted by Takao

Here is a link to REPORTS OF THE U.S. NAVAL TECHNICAL MISSION TO JAPAN section dealing with Japanese naval paint.

http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/prima...ort%20S-59.pdf

IT is a PDF file so you will need a PDF viewer to see it.

Thanks for that info Takao, there's certainly enough reading to keep me entertained for a while!

Originally Posted by subRus

Then, in 1943 the Navy began a new "camouflage" paint scheme which resulted in the solid black pressure hull as you describe, also solid black decking from bow to stern, and "haze gray" on all verticle surfaces including superstructure, conning tower and periscopes while the pressure hull remained black.

Thanks for posting that subRus and welcome aboard! I wonder if barnacles don't survive at depth and fall off, or they don't have enough time to attach... if not I wonder how they kept the hulls clear of them.