After The Second World War
After the Second World War, the universal adoption of radar made traditional camouflage generally less effective, and led to development of stealth ships, a form of radar camouflage. However, camouflage may have helped United States warships avoid hits from Vietnamese shore batteries which used optical rangefinders.
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A patrol boat of the Royal Norwegian Navy, in a splinter camouflage pattern.
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Camouflaged Brazilian Navy riverboat.
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Patrol boat in Indonesia (2006).
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HMS Helsingborg, one of the Swedish Navy's Visby-class corvettes employs both visual camouflage and anti-radar stealth.
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