Aloha everyone! For those that don't know me, I research at the national archives and post copies of some of the documents I find as web pages for others to read and use (See the link in my signature). I was at the San Francisco archives back in May with Randy Short from ShipCamouflage.Com and we came across an excellent document concerning submarine camouflage, which I have now posted here.

It will also soon be available on my main USN camouflage page, mirrored on Navsource, and probably ShipCamouflage.Com. This is a MUST READ for anyone building a mid to late war Gato, as it goes into much more detail about the painting than the instructions of any of the models I've seen do.

Extremely usefull as i have a Gato in the works. Thanks!

Wonder how much use the countershading actually saw - very elaborate paintscheme - but allso timeconsumeing to apply.

Wow, what a find!
A fantastic document and source of very valuable reference info, for sure...thanks for sharing, Tracy!