There is no reduction of torpedo protection. The booklet does not show the extend of the Class B armor BELOW the Class A armor that tapers down to the Innerbottom. The Hull starts narrowing as it goes forward. The Iowa class Battleship hulls are actually an extended Cruiser hull. So the narrowing is ONLY in the shape of the shell plating. Otherwise, up to bulkhead 50 and on back to bulkhead 166 the inner torpedo, falling shot, armor arrangement is the same.
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