Talk:List of battleships by upgraded maximum stats/@comment-180.71.133.236-20160719082345/@comment-75.74.100.114-20160729013008

As Qu33k mentioned armor is already a different factor and probably has no bearing on HP. If there is a reason outside of game balance my guess would be that it has to do with the ship's redundant systems and damage control capabilities. After all armor was never perfect, and battleships, carriers and cruisers were designed to remain operational with huge portions of the ship blown away or flooded.