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USS Essex
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Posted: Monday, September 05, 2011 - 02:40 PM UTC
I have the Trumpeter 1/350 Essex carrier and I was curious is the ship was ever painted in a dazzle pattern, like the Ticonderoga or the Yorktown

Just curious, the all blue job the box art shows is a little dull
MrMox
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Posted: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 - 12:35 AM UTC
I have googled pictures of the Essex, and found a single that shows anything else than a singlecolor finish -



from ww2db.com
TracyWhite
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Posted: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 - 06:08 PM UTC
She was painted for a time in Measure 32 pattern 6/10-D - the only Essex class carrier so painted. You can see photos of her in this scheme on her Navsource Page. It was originally adapted from a destroyer camouflage scheme that as far as I know was really only used on some Destroyer Escorts.
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