I confirm the impressions of the change in color of the USS Ford, in fact the first photo of you was taken in the morning as soon as it arrived in the bay in Trieste, the second, as Ray rightly pointed out, is in the afternoon (4.00 pm) and considering that we were in September it is plausible.
Very often when approaching US Navy units I had the impression that the colors I used for the models were wrong, but it always depends on the light conditions even if sometimes (very often) the variations are also due to subsequent painting interventions such as in fact it also happens on units of the Italian Navy. Soon will be also the Uss D.Eisenhower CVN-69 In Trieste or Croazia.
Regards
Maurizio
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