HAGURO camouflage (was: DULL , Battle history)
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 23:26:41 -0600
>From: Brooks A Rowlett
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>CC: Paolo Pizzi
>Subject: Re: HAGURO camouflage (was: DULL , Battle history)
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>I got the following note from Paolo Pizzi, keeper of absolutely the most
>impressive ship modelling site on the World Wide Web. This answer is
>unusually authoritative, because he can cite a direct eyewitness. I am
>leaving his sig blocks in because of the info they provide for his site.
>
> > Subject: Re: HAGURO
> > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:13:35 +0000
> > From: Paolo Pizzi
> > To: brooksar@indy.net
>
> > Hi Brooks,
> >
> > > OK, Paolo – can you add anything or suggest other sources? Thanks.
> >
> > Well, I can add an eye witness testimony that the Haguro was never
> > painted pink, of course not me but that of Lt. Ariyuki, my wife’s
> > uncle, who was on the cruiser almost until the end. (He survived
> > because he was transferred to Eta-Jima as an instructor a few
> > months before Haguro’s last and fatal cruise.) What he told me
> > is that the camouflage pattern was achieved by adding splotches of
> > light gray over the existing IJN gray. But of course paint stocks
> > were at a premium from 1944 on and the ships went on without being
> > repainted for long periods. What I can guess is that the hull must
> > have been pretty rusty and sunlight/water reflections gave the
> > impression of a pink ship. No cruiser was ever painted in green,
> > as far as I know only carriers got that kind of color.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > —
> > Paolo Pizzi
> > Cypress, CA
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