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Posted by Matt on June 21, 2025, 19:08:13, in reply to "Another question "
Here are a few images from that time frame to help, There is some debate about the brown linoleum and it's prevalence amongst the fleet. There is a dark grey for steel decks, it can be seen around the searchlights of the image of the Portland's Hangar roof. The Oklahoma has several levels of her bridge on her BOGP listing "Mastic Coating" which I am taking to be a form of the linoleum and potentially a brown color as similar in the attached image.
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Ship was standard prewar gray with wood color decks. It sounds like metal decks were a darker color ? Any guidance on this ?
Also - how would the ships boats be painted ?
Thank you,
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Should be white chevrons on the top of the wings as well.
Like this but with a white tail:
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Hi Rob,
In February, the Kingfishers on the BB's were still in pre-war colors. Yellow wings.
Also, Oklahoma was the 2nd ship of BatDiv 2 at that time, so her turret top colors were #1 White/#2 White/#4 White. More than likely her #3 turret top was deck gray.
That means her planes had white tails and white on the cowls. Full cowl white for plane 2-O-4, top half white for plane 2-O-5, bottom half white on plane 2-O-6.
The pre-war colors on the Kingfisher's remained on the BB's as late at April '41. Previous Message
I know on Dec 7, 1941 they were blue-gray. Where they the same color in February 1941 ?
Also, were turret top colors painted in February 1941 ?
Going to do my Tom’s Modelworks Oklahoma in standard prewar light gray.
Rob
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