An audience contribution identifies British and French influences on American battleships and armored cruisers, including New York and Brooklyn. The reply gives substantially more weight to British influence. The balance of influence is the point of disagreement; no individual design feature is examined.
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British and French influence on American warship design
British influence receives greater weight than French influence in a brief comparison of American battleships and armored cruisers.