From stem to stern, the Sherwin-Williams marine group offers a complete line of high-performance coatings that protect marine assets from corrosion and wear. These solutions include everything from fast-drying, general maintenance coatings for quick return to service to high-solids coatings designed for long-term asset protection. The company has worked closely with the Navy to develop various coatings solutions, including Fast Clad^® ER. This ultra-high-solids, rapid cure, single-coat epoxy replaced the Navy’s traditional three-step coating practice to enable faster maintenance and a 24-hour return to service for ballast and fuel storage tanks and other vessel assets.

Sherwin-Williams is a significant marine coatings supplier to the U.S. Navy and delivers solutions to protect its assets from the corrosive ravages of the high seas. Sherwin-Williams is the primary paint supplier for the new USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier and for restorations being performed on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) aircraft carrier. The Navy is currently using the company’s SeaVoyage^® Copper Free antifoulant coating on the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) to deter fouling of its underwater hull. In addition, Sherwin-Williams has a five-year just-in-time (JIT) coatings contract with four public naval shipyards in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Puget Sound, and Pearl Harbor. The JIT contract enables Sherwin-Williams to manage the shipyards’ coatings inventory and deliver supplies as they are needed to not only ensure a steady delivery of coatings from local inventory but also reduce onsite storage challenges for the shipyards.