Even five years before "Texas" was complete, the blast effects from end-on fire were considered prohibitive and "en echelon" mounting of main guns was abandoned in European navies. This made "Texas"s armament arrangement obsolete. The then-new Board on Construction considered a thorough re-design which would have placed "Texas"s main guns on the centerline, either in two single turrets or one twin turret, and the heavy redoubt eliminated. Construction by this time was too far advanced for such a plan, however, and Navy Secretary Benjamin Tracy limited the Board to detail improvements.