Why neither navy would perfect its first quad turret

Who would build the better first-generation quadruple 14-inch turret, Britain or the United States?

Neither would be trouble-free; both would have different problems, and the American design might lead toward a quad 16-inch turret.

There is no clean winner between hypothetical British and American first-generation quad mounts. Both navies would encounter serious reliability and integration problems, though not necessarily the same ones. The more consequential effect would be the design path created by American experience with a four-gun 14-inch turret. Success or even partial success could encourage the United States to pursue a quadruple 16-inch mount and twelve-gun Iowa-type battleships.