Steel ships are not above electrical ground. The hulls are a part of the "circuit". Radio/communications systems are never shut down aboard ship, no matter the weather.
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I doubt that any Captian would elect to stay surfaced let alone keep a watch crew up there in a bad lightnnig storm. I know the sadistic bastard captins of this forum might
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Surface ships don't have that option. Aircraft carriers...on down have deck watches, flight ops,etc., during foul wx.