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Dazzle ships were specially painted ships used by the
British
and
US Navy
in
World War I
. This form of
camouflage
was derived from
cubism
by British artist and naval officer
Norman Wilkinson
, colourful
nuance
s were painted onto the ship to create an
optical illusion
that could disguise the direction of the ship from an enemy
periscope
. Because the ship was a moving target, the enemy
u-boat
s aimed their torpedoes ahead of the ship, but the patterns painted on the ship made this very difficult to do successfully. After the first world war, the style was discontinued because it made the ships more visible to enemy aircraft. It was brought back for
World War II
, after Japanese air power had been mostly eliminated, but improvements in
radar
and
sonar
have rendered it mostly useless, and most ships that utilized it have been repainted
haze gray
.
info from www.gotouring.com/razzledazzle/dazzle.html and http://www.vanlubeck.com/cars/opel.htm
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