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Originally Posted by Webstral
Some metal hulls do fine in the ocean for 40+ years. Materials, maintenance, and the like play and enormous role in how well a hull survives.
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It is also important to note that most of the very old vessels (The BBs and a few CVs) went through very long, expensive, and thorough refurbishments. Of course you need to take into account the refurbishment cycle when calculating the availability of ships, which I believe was covered in some part of this discussion.
The largest issues I remember reading about other refits were functional issues like HMMWVs not fitting where Jeeps were expected on certain Amphbs. Power plants and screws were replaced without major issues from what I can recall.
The Soviets on the other hand had a pretty well deserved (IMO) reputation for slacking off on maintenance.
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Originally Posted by James Dunnigan
The absence of tools, spares, technicians or easy access makes command of a Russian warship a struggle against progressive decay.-How to make war (1993).
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