Individually attractive components can interfere when combined in one warship. Graf Zeppelin accumulated design and procurement decisions whose interactions weakened the whole design. The account includes a gun arrangement that changed from singles to twins after a mistake went uncorrected. Firing the secondary battery would also create vibration capable of disturbing the intended catapult system. A component's performance on its own therefore gives an incomplete picture of how the ship could operate.
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Graf Zeppelin and the danger of poor system integration
Graf Zeppelin's gun and catapult arrangements illustrate how individually attractive design choices could interfere in operation.