Talk:Taihou/@comment-175.156.202.28-20131226151140

Interesting trival from Wikipedia: Taihō' s aviation fuel tanks were only partially protected with armor, as naval designers opted earlier to devote greater protection to their carriers' bomb and torpedo magazines. The empty air spaces around the aviation fuel tanks turned out to be the ship's downfall; after which all Japanese carriers had theirs filled with concrete to protect against splinters and shock damage, although it was poor damage control that ultimately sank  Taiho.

Also explains why she has exposed armpits and that poor poor luck rating. Getting sunk by gas explosions caused by one torpedo pretty much sets her on Mutsu-tier luck.