On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:28:35 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Not all battleships still have teak decks. To expensive. Friend redid the
deck of the Iowa in, I think, Sitka Spruce. Was not teak.

Sitka spruce has about the best strength to weight of any wood. They
use it for things like main spars for aircraft. Not to mention masts,
booms, gaffs, and so on. It isn't either cheap or especially good as
decking. Teak may be costly, but an ash baseball bat costs a hundred
bucks. A major league grade glove is only about one sixty. Go figure.

Casady