Four piper destroyer decks

[gamevender]

I'm thinking of starting the old Revell 1/240 USS Buchanan four piper destroyer. The decks all have a simulated wood planking. However, every photo I can find of their decks on the real ships (not models ) looks like they are not wood. No other destroyers of the modern era that I know of have wooden decks, so it would figure that they wouldn't either, but does anyone have any insight on this matter?

[mdesaxe]

The decks were steel and painted.

 

Maurice

[EdGrune]

... and they had camber (i.e. arched)  not flat