Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26091970-20150604000724/@comment-115.77.226.25-20150926023406

CVB Shinano or Midway is able to carry twin-engine bomber for long range bombing, not just dive bomber for close-air-support, due her long and wide deck while other standard carrier unable do that. And "B" for large, not armoured, so Taihou or Shokaku unable to "large" enough, they may can call CVR, but not CVB.

Also her displacement is as twice as standard carrier like Akagi or Kaga, that why in cruiser there are Light, Heavy and Battle catalog with different displacement there. And her hull, keeping battleship sharp since her hull come from Yamato class, thus her armor is complete different form other carrier. If it's displacement do nothing for her hull classification, thus there is no light cruiser, heavy cruiser or battlecruiser, just cruiser with C for all "cruisers".

Armoured flight deck is excuse for reason to use other class hull is also wrong, because at close the end of war, armoured flight deck become standard for all super aircraftcarrier after Midway and Shinano.