Saltwater is the ever-present, costly enemy of Navy ships – a major cause of corrosion. A new weapon in the anti-corrosion arsenal, Sherwin-Williams Polysiloxane XLE-80 HAPS Free, was showcased at Mega Rust 2011, held June 6-9 in Norfolk, Va. A Navy project using the coating was reported on during the presentation, “Time & Cost Savings Associated with the Application of MIL-PRF-24635 Type V Polysiloxane to the Freeboard of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6),” delivered by Gordon Kuljian, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Consultant; Paul Slebodnick, U.S.