The challenge sets a 1947 game date and asks for as many 6-inch guns as possible. The selected hull is made long and narrow, with increased draft, to accommodate the battery. Veteran crew settings and gas turbines are chosen, and quadruple mounts bring the stated total to twenty-four guns. Reaching the 17,500-ton target requires further adjustments, including reducing fuel and removing unwanted fittings. The exercise is an extreme game configuration rather than a historical 1947 construction proposal. Its useful design problem is the pressure a large battery places on the rest of the ship.
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Designing a light cruiser with twenty-four automatic 6-inch guns
A game challenge packs automatic 6-inch mounts into a 17,500-ton cruiser and adjusts the hull, fuel, and fittings to fit them.