[ryan71]

“DDGs have a corrosion trend, we are seeing that more and more,”

The Arleigh Burke DDG’s have steel superstructures. Previous ships like OHP FFG’s, Spruance DD’s, and Ticonderoga CG’s all have aluminum superstructures.

I think that adding steel to the more recent Burke DDG was in response to what the Navy learned from the Exocet attack on the Stark, an OHP FFG.

[Leisler]

The problems on these two, are so dispersed through not only just the physical structures, but even the weapons systems and safety gear.

Reads like a command/unit culture thing, ie, leadership.