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An American answer to Canadian Tigers

A North American naval-race answer links a Canadian capital-ship program to the likelihood and turret layout of an American reply.

Question

Would four Canadian Tiger-derived battlecruisers make the United States more likely to order 14-inch battlecruisers, and would they use twin or triple turrets?

Short answer

The Canadian ships would make an American order more likely, and U.S. design preference points toward triple 14-inch mountings.

Notes

A Canadian Tiger squadron would add enough regional pressure to make U.S. battlecruiser construction more likely. The proposed American answer would use 14-inch guns. Given American practice, triple turrets are the more plausible mounting than twins.