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The skins are just 32bit tga files. 1024x1024 for larger warships.
Some details provided on separate smaller tga's, like railings.
Most skins use the alpha channel for cut out pieces

If you use the the sfs extractor you will extract folders 3do/ships/sub-folders
Individual ships are in the sub-folders

You may need the tga convertor to open some of the tga files
(The link is inoperative)