Tone groups its guns and magazines forward, machinery and command spaces amidships, and aviation facilities aft. That separation reserves the stern for embarked aircraft. A design preference here would raise the fourth turret rather than the second, or consider raising both to shorten the gun group. These are proposed alternatives, with no detailed weight or stability calculation. Concentrating the magazines also creates a concern on a cruiser with less armour than a battleship.
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Tone: guns forward, scouts aft
The Tone class turns all-forward gun placement into a reconnaissance-cruiser layout by reserving the stern for aircraft facilities.