[PIF]

Lots more ships and men have to die before the orthodoxy wakes up.

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Ask the US Navy’s LCS and DD-1000 crews, plus all those other ships with aluminum superstructures.

[ought-six]

“Ask the US Navy’s LCS and DD-1000 crews, plus all those other ships with aluminum superstructures.”

I believe the HMS Sheffield was an aluminum ship, and survivors described the ship as “melting” after getting hit.

[one guy in new jersey]

Weight above the waterline incurs a cost in terms of shiphandling and stability (righting moment).

That said, aluminum burns white hot once it ignites and even water will not extinguish such a conflagration (at those temperatures the fire sucks the oxygen it needs right out of the water (H2O). So by no means is it a perfect structural material for the purpose.