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ť Topic: An interesting photo
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I ran across an interesting picture that I wanted to share. It relates to a recent topic that was closed by the moderator, so I'll have to stipulate that only civil discussion is permitted! What do you think of that paint job?

[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Keith%20Gretter/6824.jpg[/image]

"PT boat underway at Kerama Retto, USS Curtiss in background. July 28, 1945"

Keith

Posted By: kgretter | Posted on: Dec 2, 2011 - 7:28pm
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Given the location and date, this is probably a variation of MS 31/20L, A BUSHIPS memo dated 15SEP44 directed that all Pacific PTs be repainted in this scheme. [url]http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/S19-7/1944SeptemberPacificPTCamo.html[/url]

The colors were Green 2, Green 3, Deck Green (20-G) and black.
[IMaGe]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/alross2/paint_0001.jpg[/IMaGe]

Theese color chips correspond to the Colour Coats line of paints available from WEM [url]http://www.whiteensignmodels.com[/url]

Al Ross

Posted By: alross2 | Posted on: Dec 4, 2011 - 2:51pm
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