Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 79354-KN Warner "Dazzle" System

Photo #: NH 79354-KN Warner "Dazzle" System
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 79KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 105KB)
High (TIFF, 5736x3670px, 61MB)
Title: Warner "Dazzle" System
Description: Warner Dazzle System Contemporary drawing of a camouflage system developed circa 1917 by Everett L. Warner. It was intended to cause confusion in determining a ship's heading at relatively short ranges and somewhat reduce its visibility at long ranges. See Photo # NH 68750 for a photograph of a ship painted in a variation of this camouflage system. A description of Warner's camouflage systems is on page 37 of The Science of Low Visibility and Deception as an Aid to the Defense of Vessels Against Attack by Submarines, by Lindell T. Bates. Published by the Submarine Defense Association, New York City, 1918. In 1974 the original volume was in Record Group 45 at the U.S. National Archives. This drawing is Figure 13 of that publication. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 79354-KN
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name