U.S. Navy Nixes Composite Cruiser Superstructure Replacements
FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — The U.S. Navy has decided that composite replacements for crack-prone aluminum superstructures on its cruiser fleet would be too costly, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) official. “The question became what do we with all of these aluminum crackings,” says...
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