perhaps the origin of the WWI phrase Easter Egg Fleet

unidentified WWI ship in dazzle camouflage (AI color)

Joseph Husband, On the Coast of France: The Story of the United States Naval Forces in French Waters. Chicago: AC McClurg, 1919, pp. 9-10—

Due to the unusually fantastic schemes of camouflage which disguised the ships of the Second Squadron, these yachts were commonly known as the “Easter Egg Fleet,” every conceivable color having been incorporated in a riotous speckled pattern on their sides.*

*Ships specifically cited include USS Corsair, USS Aphrodite, USS Noma, USS Kanawha, USS Vedette, USS Christabel, USS Harvard, and USS Sultana.