Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25654407-20141203004028/@comment-24332640-20141203175751

So advanced that she was blown up by a single torpedo in her first battle ;)

OK, yes, on paper Taihou should have been a pretty great carrier. But she also had some design flaws and a crew that didn't know what they were doing with regards to damage control. Certainly Shoukaku and Zuikaku accomplished a lot more. And in any event that has nothing to do with Shoukaku-class's poor stats compared to 1st and 2nd car div.