This article will cover the repainting of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel, the USNS Millinocket, which was awarded the Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence during SSPC’s 2020 Structure Awards. Innovative antifouling and anticorrosive coatings were employed to prevent biofouling organisms from attaching to hulls and hindering the ship’s hydrodynamics—ultimately saving the U.S. military in both maintenance and fuel costs....
