Talk:Taihou/@comment-155.33.136.162-20150320022535/@comment-25784159-20150320023658

from a comment at page 7: 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.