Russian Ships In Poor "Material Condition"
In the 1990s, I went aboard one of the visiting Russian ships in Norfolk. I and another retired navy friend observed generally poor condition as discussed in earlier posts. There was much overpainting of rust and other forms of corrosion. We were not permitted to go below decks but obviously they don't properly maintain their metal on the weather decks. I would suspect that things below deck would not be any better. From that, I would infer that things like fire-fighting equipment would also lack proper attention.