Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for battleships of the BB-43 class. This plan, dated 20 December 1943, shows the ship's port side. It was approved by Captain Henry A. Ingram, USN. USS California (BB-44) is known to have worn this camouflage design. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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