Why modern ships are rusty:1. They now use more environmentally friendly paint which lacks endurance but stops whales getting cancer.2. Recoating used to be done whenever a ship visited port but modern coastal communities are now sensitive to having a minor environmental disaster.3. The above compounds on the sea rusting anything it comes into contact with.Obviously it's still funny to see it but only when it signals that a fleet doesn't have facilities for it. If a ship has travelled halfway across the Pacific then it's going to be rusty and that's a good thing. Now let's stop bringing this up with every single picture of a modern vessel at sea.
>>65445735>Now let's stop bringing this up with every single picture of a modern vessel at sea.then don't make a new thread for it dipshit
>>65445755While I agree with you in principle, if he gets lucky this will actually play to his advantage. If he made a post in a random thread related to ships, only a few people who actually read the thread would see it. If somehow this thread stays alive for hours or even days on/near the front page, then a lot more people will see the OP post. Time will tell if fortune favors him. I found it at least mildly entertaining so that's actually the only reason I'm even responding to you is just as a reason to bump the thread. Here's a picture of the hanger of the Indi-class.
>>65446024two seahawks and a fire scout is pretty good for a 3,000 ton ship. the brits wanted to build tri-hulls back in the early 2000s but tony blair and admiralty politics wouldn't let them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Triton
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>>65445735I got lazy and asked Gemini regarding the core claim of your thesis.>Modern epoxy and silicone foul-release coatings are far safer for ocean life. While early eco-friendly alternatives struggled with longevity, modern high-solids epoxies are actually superior at anti-corrosion. The rust seen on ships usually comes from localized scratches and impact damage rather than general paint degradation.However, here's the actual reason:>Most rust visible on a vessel is "rust bleed"—a thin surface stain caused by runoff from minor scratches, anchor pockets, or deck fittings. Modern anti-corrosion paint is designed to be fully reapplied during scheduled drydock maintenance every 2.5 to 5 years, rather than touched up piecemeal at sea or in port. The ship may look weathered on the surface, but the underlying structural steel remains sound.
Base primers and anti-rust coatings are often rust-colored.
>>65446024Missile (RAM?) box centerline, above hanger>3 tube caps are gone
>>65446633Pathetic.
>>65446261>>65446281Oh wow. Without it actually being it, I opened the second image and thought it has a slight dazzle scheme. Then I see it's a trimaran. Neat little ship.
>>65446633Yeah, its the SeaRAM CIWSAnd those aren't missing caps. Those are blank plugs shoved in there to keep sea water and debris from fouling shit up inside. The "caps" are actually an integrated part of the missile cannister that gets loaded into each "tube." But good eye, I had never noticed that before in this shot.
