Why was Fuso absent from the dreadnoughts-around-the-world series, and what is your opinion of the class?
Short answerFuso was included in the 1912 video. The design prompts an efficiency criticism of its many twin turrets and a separate, more enthusiastic aesthetic reaction.
NotesFuso was included in the 1912 instalment of the dreadnought series, which covers the ships under construction in that year. The question therefore rests on a mistaken recollection of the survey. One panel member calls the class inefficient and connects that judgment to its spread of twin turrets. Another enjoys the appearance of such turret-heavy designs, so the aesthetic enthusiasm and efficiency criticism remain distinct.