Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "HMS Leander - Guide 183" video.

@kemarisite Seems that the Italians were asking the same question as Joe: what's the point of a heavy cruiser? With treaty tonnage limits, heavies were not well protected, so could be chopped up by a CL, or a DD, but a CA's 8" isn't going to make much more of an impression on a BB's 12" thick armor than a CL's 6". Italy started out building heavies in the late 20s and early 30s, but then built nothing but CLs in later years.
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@kemarisite The postwar preference for the Baltimores could be, as Drach said in his piece on interwar Brit cruiser development, because a heavy cruiser is the most impressive looking thing you can show the flag with, if you can't use a battleship. Or, it could be that a lot of Clevelands saw a good portion of the war and were worn out, while the Baltimores saw less war and were in better condition.
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What was the first class of CL to have multiple gun turrets, like the Leanders? A quick look around gave me the Omahas as the first with a dual gun turret main armament. I saw several WWI CLs with a pair of single 6" mounts side by side forward, which seems particularly awkward. BBs and armored cruisers had dual gun turrets for decades before WWI.
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