What a dream island (complete with 14 inch guns)

I present a design drawing from the Boston Navy Yard, circa 1917-18, taking dazzle camouflage to the next level. Official caption: Battleship camouflaged as “an island.” Canvas screens, painted approximately, would be used, as in some foreign service. National Archives Identifier 6997114. The above, naturally (see what we did there), reminds us of the 4,000-ton WWII Finnish “lighthouse battleships” Ilmarinen and Väinämöinen, which often blended in with the Baltic littoral through the use of skrim and applied foliage, waiting for the chance to apply their 10-inch Bofors to passing Soviet shipping. These ships camo’d well. Photo colorized by irootoko_jr http://blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/