ʻO ke keleawe moana ka mea hoʻohui kai maʻamau, ikaika kiʻekiʻe a kūpaʻa i ka corrosion i loko o 60 pakeneka keleawe, .75 pākēneka tin a me 39.2 pākēneka zinc. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ia i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka moana kahi e koi ʻia ai nā mea ikaika, corrosive-resistant a paʻakikī a kūpono i ka paʻakai a me ka wai hou. Hoʻohana ʻia ka keleawe naval i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe, nā lako kai, nā mea hoʻonaninani, nā ʻauʻau, nā ʻaʻa propeller a me nā ʻeke huli. Nui nō hoʻi nā noi ʻoihana, e like me nā koʻokoʻo kuʻi, nā papa condenser, ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana, nā ʻōpala valve, nā pōpō, nā paipu hoʻololi wela, nā pahu turnbuckle mokulele, make, a me nā mea hou aku.