Talk:Johnston/@comment-85.76.32.212-20181227203021/@comment-2605:6001:F460:F00:D5E5:3AF:2FEB:6A59-20181228214918

>It's certainly not a coincidence how only those two were left to reserve. There likely were some signs that Bunker Hill and Franklin could have had hard to detect damages from the heavy shocks the blasts caused. Some other ships had such, but they only caused problems in high speeds and could go worse in a prolonged service.

That speculation is full of crap when you remember that Intrepid got hit by 4 kamikaze crashes and a torpedo over the course of her life and now survives as a museum. Lexington II also got her island demolished by a kamikaze and hit by a torpedo as well. They had a bunch of time to detect your speculated damage and didn't scrap them until it was decided the Essex class had to be retired.