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Originally Posted by RustyBattleship
The tow target was quite visible to the naked eye so impacts were very eye appealing. VERY eye appealing as they used Orange for Turret I, Yellow for Turret II and Green for Turret III.
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During WW2, USN 16" BBs were assigned the following dye colors (AP bullets only) :
USS Colorado (BB-45) = ORANGE
USS Maryland (BB-46) = BLUE
USS West Virginia (BB-48) = NO DYE (= WHITE)
USS North Carolina (BB-55) = GREEN
USS Washington (BB-56) = ORANGE
USS South Dakota (BB-57) = BLUE
USS Indiana (BB-58) = RED
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) = GREEN
USS Alabama (BB-60) = NO DYE (= WHITE)
USS Iowa (BB-61) = ORANGE
USS New Jersey (BB-62) = BLUE
USS Missouri (BB-63) = RED
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) = GREEN