A ship or weapon makes little sense when judged as though a navy ordered it in isolation. Procurement creates a component of a fleet, so its value depends on the doctrine, force structure, and supporting units around it. Choices that look like gaps to a later observer may have followed the logic and information available at the time. That context does not make every decision sound, but it explains the reasoning that produced it.
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Navies build fleets, not isolated ships
Apparently strange ship or weapon choices become more intelligible when read as components of a fleet structure shaped by contemporary doctrine and information.