 These included excessive draft, low armor belts, large turret openings and exposed ammunition hoists.While the capital ships of the Great White Fleet were already obsolescent in light of the "big gun" revolution ushered in by the construction of , their behavior at sea furnished valuable information that affected future construction.For instance, in terms of seaworthiness, all the capital ships in the fleet proved wet in all but the calmest seas, which led to the flared bows of subsequent U.S. battleships, increased freeboard forward and such spray-reducing measures as the elimination of billboards for anchors and gun sponsons.