User blog comment:Kuras/Summer Event 2016/@comment-24.253.50.238-20160823090749/@comment-25289497-20160825052907

Good replacements for Taihou are either Hiryuu Kai Ni or Kaga. Kaga is great for her highest total plane count and her highest plane count slot in the game, allowing her to get higher air power with fighters or strong air strike with bombers and less likely planes to lose all of her planes too. Her firepower stat is pretty decent too. Hiryuu Kai Ni has the highest firepower of all CVs, thus she provides the best shelling and a strong air strike too. Her plane count and distribution are very good too. She also has a very high evasion, but that should not matter much here. It helps mitigating the fuel penalty a (little) bit. However, this is not a deal-breaker I think.

Good replacement for Kaga is Akagi and Souryuu Kai Ni for Hiryuu Kai Ni. They are pretty much just their respective "lesser" version.

Good luck, teitoku! ^_^