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CVL Camouflage Schemes
The "Mighty Moo", USS Cowpens, celebrates victory in Tokyo Bay.
Here Cowpens wears a MS 22 scheme.
The light carriers had various camouflage schemes and patterns during World War II. Below is a list of known schemes for each ship by year and type.
| Ship | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
| USS Independence | MS 14 | MS 33/8a | Being Researched |
| USS Princeton | MS 21 | MS 33/7a | Sunk 1944 |
| USS Belleau Wood | MS 14 | MS 33/3d | MS 21 |
| USS Cowpens | MS 21 | MS 33/7a | MS 22 |
| USS Monterey | MS 22 | MS 33/3d | MS 21 |
| USS Langley | MS 14 | MS 21 | MS 21 |
| USS Cabot | MS 14 | MS 21 | MS 21 |
| USS Bataan | MS 22 | MS 32/8a | Being Researched |
| USS San Jacinto | Being Researched | MS 33/7a | Being Researched |
| USS Saipan | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| USS Wright | N/A | N/A | N/A |
To read more about these patterns and what they entailed, please visit the
USN Warship Camouflage website
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Sources: US Navy Historical Center, USN Warship Camouflage website, other sources. Copyright 2000, Iron Woman Foundation.