On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:48:12 -0400, Don White wrote:


Seems to me the Brits had a problem with Aluminum superstructures on
their warships in the Falklands War..
The French built Exocet missle caused major fires.

HMS Sheffield had a steel superstructure. There were a couple of Type 21
frigates that sank. They had aluminum superstructures but were hit with
bombs, and probably would have sank regardless of the superstructure's
construction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sheffield_(D80)