I suddenly have an urge to go for a drive while I shift my own gears and weep for those in the future who will never get to do so.

It should be noted that the intent of most of the garish paint jobs shown here was not to make the ships "invisible" while at sea. The idea was to make it difficult for an observer to determine the ship's facing and direction of travel. This was done to hopefully make it more difficult to target torpedoes and shells…