Little known nugget: The first few US Navy Ticonderoga Class cruisers were found to be very top heavy in high speed maneuvers and unstable. The Navy dumped heavy stuff (lead I think) in the keel to get stability, but made the "too much weight" problem that much worse. So they initiated a program called "Taking Off Tons, Sensibly" or TOTS. Eventually by the time they introduced the Vertical Launching System they had resolved the issue but the first five ships were doomed to never really be all they could be. They've since been decommissioned.
Stuff happens.
You'd think the USN would remember from WWII. Once it became clear that air power was the threat, they started additional secondary AA to the existing destroyers, causing them to be top heavy.
You'll notice that on some, the aft 5" turret had its top cut off, and replaced by water-proofed canvas to reduce the weight.