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I can't speak to the Asiatic fleet, but I have posted a lot of 1941 camouflage documentation here, including a couple of the formulas.
The short answer is that there was the "pure" 5-D and also a couple of interim versions both to try and use up stocks of old paint and to provide some paint while the Navy ramped up production of the new formulas. I haven't found anything that discusses when they *might* have switched from issuing the converted 5-D to the more pure 5-D.
Also, apologies for all of the google adds - they changed how that works and I haven't had the energy to strip them all out yet.
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