Comments on: WWI Merchant Navy Camouflage Patterns http://thomo.coldie.net/wargaming/wwii-merchant-navy-camouflage-patterns Thomo's most excellent web home - travel, cooking, military & naval history, wargaming, cheeseburgers Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: thomo the lost http://thomo.coldie.net/wargaming/wwii-merchant-navy-camouflage-patterns/comment-page-1#comment-18550 thomo the lost Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:56:15 +0000 http://thomo.coldie.net/?p=875#comment-18550 I should also note that the image of USS Leviathan in dazzle camouflage in 1918 was added to the post a little time after I wrote the post. I should also note that the image of USS Leviathan in dazzle camouflage in 1918 was added to the post a little time after I wrote the post.

]]> By: thomo the lost http://thomo.coldie.net/wargaming/wwii-merchant-navy-camouflage-patterns/comment-page-1#comment-18549 thomo the lost Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:54:51 +0000 http://thomo.coldie.net/?p=875#comment-18549 Thanks for the corrections. Yes - you are entirely correct and I had my World Wars mixed up. Freedman was a camoufleur from the WWI period, not WWII. This is further confirmed by looking at card number 50 in the online display with shows the starboard side of the Santa Louisa, a World War I veteran steamer. The wars have been corrected throughout the blog post :oops: With regards to the collection at the RISD, they note: <blockquote>Maurice L. Freedman donated the plans and photos in the collection of the Fleet Library at RISD. Maurice was the district camoufleur for the 4th district of the U.S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation ... According to one of the photos from our collection, the SS Everglades was the first ship launched in the U.S. already camouflaged July 29, 1918 in Florida.</blockquote> and then <blockquote>Our collection [RISD] consists of 455 plans (includes port and starboard sides of a ship) and 20 photos. There are 10 types of merchant ships represented with multiple designs for each of those ships.</blockquote> That "0" in paragraph 3 was a typographical error caused by fat fingers coupled with rushing my own proof reading - it should have been a dash (-). Thanks for the corrections. Yes – you are entirely correct and I had my World Wars mixed up. Freedman was a camoufleur from the WWI period, not WWII. This is further confirmed by looking at card number 50 in the online display with shows the starboard side of the Santa Louisa, a World War I veteran steamer. The wars have been corrected throughout the blog post :oops:

With regards to the collection at the RISD, they note:

Maurice L. Freedman donated the plans and photos in the collection of the Fleet Library at RISD. Maurice was the district camoufleur for the 4th district of the U.S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation … According to one of the photos from our collection, the SS Everglades was the first ship launched in the U.S. already camouflaged July 29, 1918 in Florida.

and then

Our collection [RISD] consists of 455 plans (includes port and starboard sides of a ship) and 20 photos. There are 10 types of merchant ships represented with multiple designs for each of those ships.

That “0″ in paragraph 3 was a typographical error caused by fat fingers coupled with rushing my own proof reading – it should have been a dash (-).

]]> By: W. Croft http://thomo.coldie.net/wargaming/wwii-merchant-navy-camouflage-patterns/comment-page-1#comment-18547 W. Croft Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:33:42 +0000 http://thomo.coldie.net/?p=875#comment-18547 The Freedman artwork you mentioned is a collection of World War One camouflage designs, not World War Two designs. I'm not sure Freedman was a naval camoufleur during WWII--maybe you should check this. Does RISD actually hold 455 plans of ship camouflage designs? In paragraph 3, what does "0 including multiple designs. . . ." mean? The Freedman artwork you mentioned is a collection of World War One camouflage designs, not World War Two designs.

I’m not sure Freedman was a naval camoufleur during WWII–maybe you should check this.

Does RISD actually hold 455 plans of ship camouflage designs?

In paragraph 3, what does “0 including multiple designs. . . .” mean?

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