Omaha Alternatives
The U.S. Navy was not entirely pleased with the Omaha class, so a new design was drawn up that was based on the Omaha class. This new class replaced all of the Omaha's 6 inch guns with 4 turrets (2 forward, 2 aft) each with two 6 inch guns.
Two other Omaha versions were also designed. The first, intended to function as monitors, had two 14 inch guns in 2 single turrets, while the other design had four 8 inch guns in 2 twin turrets. The latter design eventually evolved into the Pensacola class cruiser.
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