Originally Posted by
falcon900
A-T-G I find it hard to imagine that the gun mounting would have an asymetrical ability to withstand the force of the waves, not least as they need to be able to withstand the recoil of the gun in any potential firing position. Turning it 90 degrees would have done the trick. If you are saying the gun mountings can only withstand waves breaking over the bow if it is pointing straight ahead, it makes the design of the gaiter even more lamentable.
Have you included the shape of the turret in your thinking? I have never seen a turret faced anything other that forward in heavy seas, and that includes a typhoon that bent the gun director located on the upper deck in the lee of the bridge.