[Charles Martel]

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?

[mmercier]

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.

[mmercier]

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.