[Secret Agent Man]

i know today some ships have aluminum. i wasnt certain all of them do for their skins. i guess i was thinking more of the wwii large’ships’that were pretty much all steel, no’wood decks.

[doorgunner69]

Our destroyers and cruisers are all aluminum hulls and superstructure, apparently with kevlar or other armor around electronic spaces.

Needless to say, they cannot take hits at all. Why I always skoff at the idea of taking out Mach 2+ missiles with CIWS: the fragments would be like a shotgun at close range.