Leaving aside the obvious "this wasn't the rust article I was expecting to see on HN quips"... as someone who's lived on a steel boat, maintenance is one of tho

Leaving aside the obvious "this wasn't the rust article I was expecting to see on HN quips"... as someone who's lived on a steel boat, maintenance is one of those things that's tolerable if you stay on top of it, but insufferable once you let it lapse. For such high value assets, I'm honestly surprised to see that level of neglect. Particularly from a country whose national identity seems so intertwined with it's military.