Six-inch guns, torpedoes, protection, and displacement compete as the design is brought under 10,000 tons. The final cruiser carries six six-inch guns and torpedoes, with thinner armour accepted to meet the limit. A chat suggestion changes the name from Washington to Smoked Haddock, reserving Washington for the next class. Roughly 60,000 tons of free construction capacity allows six specialist ASW escorts to be ordered for worldwide duties.
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The Smoked Haddock class balances torpedoes, armour, and global escort demand
The first ASW cruiser is refined into a 10,000-ton design that can be built in numbers for worldwide duties.