I haven’t the names of any of those in the photograph. I only know that they are “the squad of daubers who have been picked up to give the Quistconck, the first ship launched at the big [Hog Island] shipyard, her first coat of camouflage. See their paint pots and brushes then study their countenances and see if they aren’t fit to fool the Kaiser’s U-boats skippers.”
Who are they? I don’t recognize any of them. Are they Philadelphia-area civilian artists who have been hired to paint the ship? Presumably. But some might also simply be house painters.
Whatever, the end result of their efforts is pictured below, the dazzle-painted USS Quistconck.
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