To: mmercier
Isn't the superstructure the part of the ship above the main deck? Just wondering if the media is misreporting something *again*. Do the Ticonderoga-class ships have hull flaws, or are the problems elsewhere?
9 posted on
12/25/2010 6:39:28 AM PST by
Charles Martel
("Oh, Bother", said Pooh... as he chambered another round.)
To: Charles Martel
The superstructure is above the hull. We have many boats with steel and even wood hulls accommodating aluminum super structures.
I will look up the Ticonderoga class construction in a minute.
10 posted on
12/25/2010 6:46:29 AM PST by
mmercier
To: Charles Martel
Ingalls constructed about 18 of the 27 or so units deployed.
They are described as “Steele hull” - “aluminum superstructure”. Another handful of them were built by BIW in Maine.
Maybe the next generation of missile cruisers will be titanium.
12 posted on
12/25/2010 6:57:13 AM PST by
mmercier
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