age. here is what he told me. >> this ship is old. if you look at the inside of the deck on the second level, it's rusted to death. it's rust everywhere. only thing we do is mask the problem. we paint over rust. chipped rust but it's so much rest. it's hard to conceal what it really is. it's a rust bucket. >> now, the u.s. coast guard also points out that a lot of these ships that make the rundown to the islands, they are not necessarily thoroughbreds. they are workhorses. they do show their age, but they pass the inspections. >> what's next on here? the navy planned to try and find the black box. >> well, this was another kind of thing that surprised people that came out of the ntsb's mouth. that is there is this black box that needs to be found with the pinger and the pinger says to have a battery of 30 days. ntsb says the navy will be a couple weeks before they are