Hopefully smearing government military contractors will come a little less easy for you.
What are you talking about? Rust on a ship is a maintenance issue. Hopefully it will be addressed while in port now.
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So I quickly dug into this.
Rust is common with all steel ships. Mea Culpa
But lead does only a little to slow the rust. The article is a naval hit piece trying to make too much of a claim about lead stopping rust.
It is a poor article by a blogger.
Lead in 1978 was removed from use on naval ships.
The linked article doesn’t talk about lead paint. Its focus is the changes due to paint solvents.
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“On the appearance side, you have to be ready, you have to look like you mean business,” said the Vice Admiral Peter Daly of USNI. “Now that COVID has eased off and port calls are less restrictive, is there time to lay to and paint?” The question comes after many photos of rust-worn American naval ships have hit the internet…
In an interview with top marine coatings experts gCaptain learned that environmental restrictions have forced suppliers to remove some of the nasty chemicals contained in marine paint, nasty substances that prevent rust. That’s a good thing. The problem is that the commercial world has compensated for the lack of nasty chemicals with new technology and paint application systems which have been quickly adopted by the commercial world but are stuck in the quagmire of the Navy’s cumbersome acquisition process…
Boert’s book could help the Navy because the problems it faces are not linear in nature. A perfect storm has descended on the world’s premier Navy and rust is just one symptom of larger systemic problems. From manning issues to overextended deployments, from budget issues to not enough ships being built, with no national maritime strategy, the US Navy is suffering from a cacophony of problems after playing second fiddle for nearly two decades to a land-focused war on terror.
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