Dazzle Camouflage of Ships

Abstract

Models of various types of passenger ships, a merchant vessel, a cruiser and a destroyer were painted with camouflage design and were viewed in a laboratory theatre. Pictures are shown of twenty-five new course distortion designs, eighteen being of an obtrusive character and seven of an unobtrusive character. Pictures are shown of five American World War designs. They produced very effectively course confusion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 26, 1936
Accession Number
AD1154755

Entities

People

  • Charles Bittinger
  • Edward O. Hulburt

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Camouflage
  • Destroyers
  • Distortion
  • Merchant Vessels
  • Neurobehavioral Manifestations
  • Passengers
  • Personality
  • Ships
  • Vehicles
  • Watercraft

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.