sentences:  Tirpitz had insisted on building the "Deutschland"s in large part due to the fact that they were the largest design that could fit in Germany's existing naval infrastructure, most significantly the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal.Widening the canal and improving harbor facilities would be excessively expensive and Tirpitz sought to avoid another budgetary fight with the "Reichstag" so soon after the passage of the 1900 law.The "Deutschland"-class ships were long at the waterline and overall.