The Velociweiler Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 http://www.smmlonline.com/reference/misc_ship/pumacolour01.jpg Been looking at this subject for a while and I'm finding some curious anomalies. In recent years I discovered that some frigates were possessed of a red lead decking at the extreme aft end of the quarterdeck, normally on mortar-equipped ships. Say, the final ten feet or so in one case I've seen. However, I remember the Ashanti having a quarterdeck fully in red lead (i.e. brick red..) aft of the mortar. So I attempted to do a search for something definitive, but due to the paucity of colour photography in the period, it's difficult to get a consistent idea. Then, looking at something completely different earlier this morning I found the photograph as per link. Normally I would have accepted wholly deck green as the norm on steel areas. From what I'm seeing, I can't really accept that these are undercoated areas in preparation for a green topcoat. Anyone shed any light on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Yes correct on some types of ships, to me it looked like a red oxcide colour this was before the use of deck green in the late 60s. Its apity I cant speak to my youngest uncle as he served from 52 till late 60s and it was his pics from then isaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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