A five-turret alternative places paired twin turrets forward and aft with another amidships, using technology the US Navy already understood from its battleships. It preserves the desired ten-gun broadside, strengthens end-on fire, and removes the primary casemates. The counterfactual keeps Omaha's hull, geared turbines, four funnels, and 32.5-knot speed. The available technology and infrastructure could support this arrangement, so the example assigns Omaha's compromises to design by committee within the institution.
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A more coherent turret layout for the Omaha hull
An alternative five-twin-turret arrangement could have retained Omaha's speed and ten-gun broadside while improving firing arcs and coherence.