USS Arizona is known to have painted into Measure 1 in mid-1941. Roofs of turrets 1, 2 and 4 - Insignia Red ( ACUS 26). Just to keep the waters muddied, there are claims that some of the Battle Line - perhaps including Arizona - had repainted into Measure 2A.Īll vertical surfaces from the top of boot-topping waterline up to the line of the main deck- 5-D Dark Gray (US 04) Īll vertical surfaces from the line of the main deck up to the level of the top of the funnel - 5-O Ocean Gray (US 06) Īll vertical surfaces above the top of the funnel including masts, topmasts, and yards - 5-L Light Gray (US 03) ĭecks and horizontal surfaces, including those laid with wood- 5-D Dark Gray (US 04) OS2U Kingfisher aircraft - Non-specular Blue-Gray (ACUS 06) over Non-specular Light Gray (ACUS 05). Roofs of turrets 1, 2 and 4 - Insignia Red (ACUS 26). Underwater hull - Norfolk 65-A Antifouling Red (US 14) If this is the case, then the steel decks & horizontals would also have been in 20-B. *On the other hand, there are those who claim that Arizona had painted her wood decks in 20-B Deck Blue (Colourcoats USġ0) by the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We're going to stand well clear, and simply offer the following:įor those who believe that USS Arizona had repainted into Measure 11 - or some variant thereof - or perhaps even Measure 2A, here are the colours you'll need:Īll vertical surfaces from top of boot-topping to the level of the top of the funnel - 5-S Sea Blue (US 07) Īll vertical surfaces above the top of the funnel - 5-L Light Gray (US 03) Īll steel decks and horizontal surfaces - 5-D Dark Gray (US 04)* Īll wood decks - Teak (C 01). Tops of turrets 1, 2 & 4-Insignia Red (ACUS 26).įew other ships have engendered the controversy that surrounds Arizona's colour at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour, with heated words, threats and imprecations being flung about nearly as thick and fast as Japanese bombs and torpedoes that fateful morning.
Underwater hull-Norfolk 65-A Antifouling Red ( US 14) Steel decks steel horizontal surfaces -#20 Standard Deck Gray (US 02) MODEL COLOURS Naval, Aviation, Military and Paint FormulaeĪll vertical surfaces -#5 Standard Navy Gray (US 01)
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