In the case of Abyssal ships. there are many cases where your rigging and your flesh are fused on the level of the internal organs themselves.

You might even say that for the majority of the Abyssal ships, your flesh and blood bodies are kept alive by your rigging itself.

And yet, this individual right here is completely disconnected from its rigging and flesh and blood body.

That's why I thought, could it be that its real body is still alive, living somewhere while posing as a ship girl?

Could it be that the real body has become a ship girl, both inside and out, after it drifted ashore on some beach?

But now I've found the answer without even looking for it.

So even now, after losing your rigging. You could still maintain your appearance as an abyssal ship.