Six automatic eight-inch guns on a game cruiser

How practical is the game cruiser based on CL-154 with six single automatic eight-inch guns?

The panel disagrees over its weight and usefulness: critics prefer fewer twin mounts or a different hull, while specialized amphibious fire support emerges as a possible role.

The game design combines a CL-154 cruiser hull with six single automatic eight-inch mounts derived from the gun tested aboard USS Hull. One objection concerns the weight and rotating machinery of so many separate mounts, particularly those placed high above the deck. Fewer twin turrets are proposed to keep the armament lower, but other participants point out that the actual gun mount was never designed as a twin. The discussion also disputes whether the hull is too small, whether a larger heavy cruiser would cost substantially more, and whether eight-inch weapons suit the original anti-aircraft cruiser role. Amphibious fire support eventually emerges as a plausible specialized use, with continued doubt that such a ship would be funded.