Why is The US Building Aluminum Warships?

Ships were historically built from steel, so why did The US start building warships from aluminium?
Maybe it's because aluminium is #NotWhatYouThink!

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https://news.usni.org/2013/01/17/navy-responds-pentagon-lcs-survivability-claims
http://navalmarinearchive.com/research/cruisers/cr_navsea.html
https://www.hazegray.org/faq/smn6.htm#F7
https://apnews.com/article/fb3c5f5bb2688593dadac51dae591dd4
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-114shrg28323/html/CHRG-114shrg28323.htm
http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=44410&start=60
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https://www.magoda.com/construction/why-aluminum-is-favored-by-ship-builders/
https://apnews.com/article/c10693f883b569a52d6e7e005375c4ef
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