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Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "Ships of the Imperial Japanese Army - Much Maru About Something" video.
@Tuning3434 I generally agree with your reply to J K. The Admiralty had moved beyond the Admirals by 1920, working on the J3, about the same displacement, mounting 15" guns in three triple turrets. Allowing the Admiralty to build more ships of that size would create another entire world of arguments, and the Admiralty was not enthusiastic about the J3's thin armor anyway. The Japanese would be demanding to complete two ships of comparable size, Tosas or Amagis, while the US would be campaigning against it as it called the conference to provide political cover to cancel it's entire capital ship building program. Allowing two J3s would put them in the spot of proceeding with two Lexingtons, or looking weak.
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