hi,
according to Clancy's book:
https://books.google.com/books?id=aw...oating&f=false
flight II was the first to receive the coating and they were then back fitted. considering the 1984 time frame the game setting FALSE seems correct.
ofc i'm no naval expert and i dunno how credible is Clancy on technical details vs say official navy documents that 6 more hours of googling may or may not dig up!!