Nazi Germany's naval administration was a collection of competing departments and personal fiefdoms. Separate groups repeated one another's design work while each sought influence over the same ship. The resulting process slowed decisions and allowed requirements to accumulate without a single authority forcing tradeoffs. An oversized cruiser then demanded more steel, occupied a larger building slip, and remained under construction longer, reducing the number of useful ships that limited infrastructure could deliver.
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Competing bureaus and oversized cruiser designs
Overlapping authorities duplicated design work and added requirements until German cruisers consumed more steel, slipway space, and construction time than their roles justified.