The forwardmost mount pair only allows one of the two to have a turret placed in it. Additionally, the next pair to the rear doesn't allow anything to be placed there, complaining about border. I encountered this first in the 'Sink the "Cruiser-Killer"' mission as the Americans, Austrians, Chinese, French, Germans, Italians, and Russians, and then duplicated it in custom battles as the Americans (No other navy uses the same battlecruiser hull in custom battle).