My take on it.
Sorry, with "flush with the funnel" I wanted to express that only without an extension to starboard, the hangar side would be flush with the funnel. But I see on the renderings a small step there, which indicates that there is an extension to starboard - as you had seen. It is flush with the edge of the hangar deck, not flush with the funnel.
I think that this "base" for the Phalanx has something to do with maintenance - but it is strange that it is present on the Spruances and Arleigh Burkes, but not e.g. on the Ticonderogas.
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