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I don't there would be enough beam for a hangar and two Squid on the second version
The first design is more or less what my planned production examples will look like, thought slightly shorter. I will probably move both Squid and the torpedoes to the midships space.
I don't there would be enough beam for a hangar and two Squid on the second version, I would be tempted to move the Squid to the stern.
Personally, I would favor the first alternative. As drawn, you are showing directors fore and aft, which makes sense. In the second design there is only one director shown, and that is forward. With the gun arcs of the midships gun position constrained and the after battery so far removed from the sole director, it would make things somewhat difficult for gun control. With the first design the guns forward and aft can each operate with their own director and two targets can be engaged rather than just one.
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