Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20170829010745/@comment-2605:6001:F440:E900:A855:9240:BD54:F0AC-20170902022947

RandomHitagi wrote: Ar-cen-ciel wrote: RandomHitagi wrote: Inb4 Ark Dude, the night version of Hellcats was out yesterday for the upcoming Kai Ni. Ark Royal had never operated any Hellcats and her chest aren't big enough. And just so people know about the displacement for foreign CVs:

Ark Royal : 22,000 long tons (22,000 t) - 27,720 long tons (28,160 t)

Aquila : 23,500 long tons (23,900 t) - 27,800 long tons (28,200 t)

Graf Zeppelin : 33,550 long tons (34,088.4 t) - (deep load untested)

Saratoga : 36,000 long tons (37,000 t) - 43,055 long tons (43,746 t)

Ark Royal is actually the lightest of all the foreign aircraft carriers we have in our service (yes, even Aquila outweighs her in displacement, nevermind Graf and Saratoga). The data you have for Graf is actually at full load :) Standard displacement was some 5,000t lower.

Non-light carrier = large carrier, unless you can prove otherwise. I've never seen any real division between standard, light and large carriers tbh. The only division I've seen were fleet and non-fleet carriers, depending on their ability to operate as part of a larger force - speed.

Sources:

Japanese Destroyer Captain, Tameichi Hara, mentions Japan having 4 carriers after Midway, with two of them hardly able to be called fleet carriers due to their speed.

Santa Cruz, Eric Hammels, mentions the same, with the same conclusion.

Division into light, large or standard carriers is subjective, if not imaginary. Everyone seems to forget that only two carriers have been referred to as large carriers in-game or by the staff themselves. Kaga and Saratoga. And Kaga is not foreign/overseas any way you slice it not to mention already has her niche.