Yeah because warships have huge stores of paint on board? Unreps usually include food and fuel, not paint.
No reason an exception couldn’t have been made.
*** “because warships have huge stores of paint on board?” ***
YEAH ... THEY DO
Every Division has it’s own Paint, Coffee, Floor Wax and Brass Polish (aka Never Dull) stored away in all kinda hidey holes ... besides you could always get Paint from Bubba the Bosen
And every Division had a scrounge ... the PO that would keep Inventory and Trade with other Divisions and keep Chief informed of Stocks (Coffee in my Division was the most Important as we kept the Bridge caffeinated)