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[Mynok]

I don't use them. I sink them. [:D]

[morganbj]

Thanks, guys.  That made sense.

[John 3rd]

A very nice looking DL!  Wonder how they would have faired toe-to-toe against their Japanese contemparies (Naka-Class)?

[TSCofield]

Casemate guns were often mounted at the hull line as well. In addition to the limited traverse and limited elevation talked about before it was found that casemates placed in the hull were often useless when the ship maneuvered at high speed or if the seas were rough. Splash would make the ships very wet.

Casemates went out with the arrival of the modern cruiser. The Omaha's were a hybrid of the two times. They held a lot of the same features of the older protected and armored cruisers of the 1900s while at the same time mounted the high speed and range of more modern cruisers. That was the reason they survived the slaughter of the ACs right after WW1 while more powerful, but slower ships were put out to pasture.