Early U.S. dreadnoughts down to at least the Pennsylvania class were intentionally designed with minimal superstructure around the conning towers to compel the admiral or captain to avoid heroic exposure during battle and operate from inside the safety of the armored conning tower. But by Tenneessee class the as built superstructure have been enlarged substantially. What was the impetus of the reversal?
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