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Why U.S. designers accepted superimposed secondary guns

Superimposed secondary guns increased the number carried and their overlapping fields of fire.

Naval Gunnery Secondary Batteries US Navy Warship Design

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Question

What was the U.S. Navy trying to achieve with a superimposed secondary-battery layout?

Short answer

It could fit more guns aboard and create overlapping fields of fire.

Notes

Superimposed secondary batteries let U.S. designers fit more guns aboard and provide overlapping coverage. Those are the advantages identified for the layout.