The completed cruiser is much cheaper and lighter than the battleships already in the program. The campaign shows about 300,000 tons of unused construction capacity, enough to order ten of the roughly 30,000-ton cruisers at once. This turns an individual design into a force-structure decision about how many capable hulls the industrial base can deliver. These figures describe the scenario only. They show why unit cost, displacement, and yard capacity can make a cruiser attractive even when a battleship remains individually more powerful.
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Turning construction capacity into cruiser numbers
A cruiser much cheaper and lighter than the battleships turns 300,000 tons of spare construction capacity into an order for ten hulls.