May seem like a strange question but Iwas wondering what the colour of depth charges were? Specifically on the Fletcher during WWII. Were they just the same colour of the ship or where they a black or white colour ?
Most of the instances I’ve seen, they were painted a standard Neutral Gray color. The Navy had an interior gray color (not Haze Gray) that they used, probably the Standard Pre-War Navy Gray. I’ve also seen them in a darker shade, almost a gunmetal color.
They wouldn’t be painted in the conventional sense (Navy Blue, Haze Gray, etc) to match the ship’s camo, since they never in the racks very long.
Jeff Herne
Modelwarships.com
Maybe a bit off topic, but RCN depth charges were a light to medium grey. Some had banding to indicate the filler, my one reference photo that mentions this shows a green diamond pattern and red band around the center of the charge to indicate Amatol.
Bruce