Fire control imposed physical design demands before radar arrived. Equipment needed space, weight allowance and suitable positions to exchange information between observations and weapons. Each additional duty encouraged further equipment, gradually enlarging the ship. Complaints about destroyer growth therefore raise a practical question: which required tasks should be removed? Retaining the accumulated jobs limits how much the design can shrink.
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New duties require more than an extra weapon mount
Visual fire control illustrates how additional capabilities consume space and push destroyer designs towards larger hulls.