Among the many American studies, one Nelson-style layout paired four triple 14-inch turrets with a speed of 22 knots. The design is admired for its engineering economy and potential volume of fire, while its unusual combination earns the description of a battlecarrier by another name. The arrangement was one treaty-constrained study explored before the North Carolina class settled on its completed form. The proposal gives a concrete example of designers trading speed, armament, and layout inside fixed displacement and calibre limits.
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A twelve-gun North Carolina treaty design
An unbuilt 22-knot, twelve-gun North Carolina scheme shows how treaty limits generated ingenious designs that blurred familiar capital-ship categories.