Yes, it should not be a surprise.
Trouble is....
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/16/navy-aluminum-idUSN1513314120100316
There’s just no way around the actual material properties here. Aluminum has a higher thermal coefficient of expansion than steel, work hardens much faster than steel, fails under work hardening conditions without much warning, and will melt at rather low temperatures compared with steel.
It isn’t a good material for a combat ship. A fishing skiff? Maybe. A combat ship? No.
But I NB that the crew has fold-down tables that will allow them to use a laptop. Whoopie.
sailors on HMS Sheffield found out how vulnerable these Al vessels are.