On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:09:30 -0500, Eisboch wrote:


Quite a few modern naval ships have steel hulls and aluminum
superstructures. They just aren't supposed to crash into an aircraft
carrier.

Or the shore. I was doing a little reading today and came upon the Honda
Point disaster. Funny, I had never heard about it before. Seven
destroyers going aground follow the leader style.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/i...000/h66721.jpg

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...onda-point.htm