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And a big part of the reason for this glass canon approach was they didn't have the displacement to be survivable and put up a strong air group due to the naval treaties. The British compromised airgroup size in favor of survivability. The Americans and the Japanese went for the glass canon approach to a lesser and greater approach respectively. Its only with the midway and audacious classes that they have the displacement to meet both requirements.user1937198– user19371982026-01-31 00:51:09 +00:00Commented yesterday
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Well...still the Americans did things like have redundancy in the fire suppression system, put armor on the decks themselves to protect from bombs, and vent the lower decks to prevent buildup of fuel fumes. Also, the Japanese pre-war designers seemed to (quite incorrectly) think the biggest danger to their carriers was going to be from torpedoes and surface ship shelling.T.E.D.– T.E.D. ♦2026-01-31 03:26:10 +00:00Commented yesterday
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If you look at the capabilities of the B1M, and similar aircraft of 1925 period, and what aircraft where around in 1920 its an entirely reasonable assumption when those first carriers where laid down that they would be reconnaissance assets, not for strike. USS Ranger had similar problems despite being designed 10 years later.user1937198– user19371982026-01-31 21:31:45 +00:00Commented 14 hours ago
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@T.E.D. Lots of Japanese carriers were, in fact, sunk by torpedos. But also Yorktown.guest12356– guest123562026-02-01 04:20:00 +00:00Commented 7 hours ago
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@guest12356 - Actually, the Yorktown is a very good illustration of the main principle. Its air group sunk the Soryu with 3 bomb hits. Then she herself took 3 bombs. They repaired the damage and continued to fight. They they took 2 air-dropped torpedoes. They abandoned ship, but were in fact salvaging it and preparing to take it back to port, when another torpedo, launched from a submarine, managed to take the heavily listing ship down. So its pretty clear which of the two ships was far more able to take a punch.T.E.D.– T.E.D. ♦2026-02-01 04:36:10 +00:00Commented 7 hours ago
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