Korean War era Life Rings, USN

Here is the link to the photo of the Incredible that I mentioned.

www.navsource.org/.../110224901.jpg

Perhaps the orange inner side was hung up against the bulkheads and the gray outer side hung up exposed.

Somewhere, someplace, I saw a photo of life rings during the 50's and they were orange, then someone else told me they were orange on the "inside" and matched ship paint on the "outside"

Confused -- yes I am!

I have this photo.  I believe it is Measure 22 during WWII-before a refit where twin 40mm and Mk. 51 directors were added.  From what I have gathered, she was repainted in Japan in haze gray and deck gray before being recommissioned and heading for Korea.   Here is a link to a photo of the Incredible on her way home from Korean service.  No life ring higher on the superstructure, but note how the one below the overhead sticks out.

Hmm, think that is Measure 22? Or an early Measure 12?

Whether that's 5-NB or 5-N, then that life ring is lighter than #6 gray; perhaps red?  Hard to say.

Notice how light the big paravane is amidships; yet about the same tone as the topsides of the 26' MWB, and both lighter than 5-H topsides.  So, that paravane might be white.  The after paravanes could be a matt yellow

Taking my magnifying glass to the image, the red stripes are not much help, and the the depth charges are typically flat black.  I'll guess that there is a possibility that the lifering is a denim or dark chambray collor similar to the fabric used on kapok life jackets.  The blue-grey would contrast against the haze gray some.

This image (above the life raft) looks like a dark life ring. Orange ???

Here is a photo taken during the Wonson minesweeping operations in 1950 at the same time & place that USS Pirate was sunk. If you look in the lower right corner there is a life ring there. I would say that the ring appears to be in Haze Gray as it matches the surrounding area pretty closely.