BATDIV 1 -- Red (solid)
BATDIV 2 -- White (Solid)
BATDIV 3 -- Blue (Solid)
BATDIV 4 -- Black (Solid)
BATDIV 5 -- Yellow (Solid)
CRUDIV 2 -- Yellow (Double stripe)
CRUDIV 3 -- Red (double stripe)
CRUDIV 4 -- Blue (single stripe)
CRUDIV 5 -- Yellow (single stripe)
CRUDIV 6 -- Black (single stripe)
CRUDIV 7 -- Green (single stripe)
CRUDIV 8 -- Black (double stripe)
CRUDIV 9 -- Green (double stripe)
Light Cruisers
USS Detroit & Raleigh -- Blue (double stripe)
USS Richmond -- Red (double stripe)
USS Augusta and Omaha -- Red (single stripe)
In addition, battleships and cruisers were to paint the top of their after turret or enclosed mount to correspond with the section colors of their embarked aircraft. The colors were red, white, blue, black, green, and yellow for the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections (respectively).