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Fuso belongs to the 1912 dreadnought generation

Fuso belongs to the 1912 building cycle, when several navies were adding new dreadnoughts to the global arms race.

Question

Why was Fuso absent from the dreadnoughts-around-the-world series, and what is your opinion of the class?

Short answer

Fuso was included in the 1912 video. The design prompts an efficiency criticism of its many twin turrets and a separate, more enthusiastic aesthetic reaction.

Notes

Fuso 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.