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Originally Posted by Hylander_1314
Actually, there's a big difference in what the Langley, Lexington, Yorktown, and Essex carriers looked like. Also, the American carriers seem to have "Navy Blue" decks. I took notice of this while watching a documentary, that showed color footage from a dorsal gun on a Dauntless, or TBF Avenger, as it left the flight deck. It was pretty cool footage, as you could see the rudder being kicked hard to starboard by the pilot to counter the torque of the engine. The teak deck wasn't brown or natural wood coloered. And sometimes all the hull camo was, was a repeat of the same color used on the deck, to paint the hull sides.
I remember a big debate on this when CFS2 first came out and folks were trying to figure out what was historically accurate, and what wasn't.
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I think the only carrier (Atleast of the Essex-class) that did not have a camo painting (Not sure what color the deck was though) was
USS Lexington (CV-12), Flagship of Task Force 58/38 (This is why her nickname was "The Blue Ghost")
Also, I've seen photos and videos from early-war American Carriers and the wooden deck was painted grey IIRC