A larger Fubuki could have approached the displacement the class eventually reached after rebuilding while providing a more effective hull from the outset. A further enlargement might have allowed a fourth twin five-inch turret. That imagined ship would combine Tribal-level gunpower with nine 24-inch torpedo tubes. Such a precedent could have changed negotiations over the destroyer-leader category and allowed larger British and American designs. The suggested extra allowance of about 400 tons is a counterfactual opportunity, not a treaty provision that actually followed from Fubuki.
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A larger Fubuki could have changed destroyer-leader limits
A hypothetical larger Fubuki combines a fourth gun turret with heavy torpedo armament and raises the possibility of more generous destroyer-leader allowances.