Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 327" video.

  1.  @kemarisite  I also read this in Friedman’s Illustrated Design History. For decades US designers operated under a condition / rule that the length of the armor belt would be a percentage of overall waterline length. If a ship uses all-forward main armament, the belt of said ship could be shorter than the percentage. That was disallowed by US design philosophy.
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