Superposed mixed-caliber turrets narrowly beat wing turrets

If forced to choose, would you take wing turrets or American-style superposed 13-inch and 8-inch turrets?

The superposed mixed-caliber turrets, reluctantly, although neither arrangement is desirable.

The question deliberately offers two poor arrangements: wing turrets or American-style mixed-caliber turrets stacked one above another. The superposed 13-inch and 8-inch arrangement is chosen only as the less objectionable option. That reluctant choice does not turn the layout into a recommendation. A designer may still need to distinguish the less damaging compromise from a genuinely good solution.