The SEALS have a huge operating budget. When they train they push the equipment to the breaking point, better to break in training than in combat.
As for corrosion. As long as the ramp and bay is given a goo fresh water flush. The damage will not mus different from that caused by the salt air operating off a carrier.
The practicality of it would be in inland coastal waters and river operations. Mark V is more suitable for offshore ops.
"Necessity is the mother of all invention"
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