Comments by "" (@VersusARCH) on "Aircraft Carriers - The Fleet Aircraft Carrier in the Interwar Years (1929-1939)" video.

  1. It was actually 1:0 for the Shokakus in that duel. It was mostly their aircraft that forced the USN to abandon Hornet at Santa Cruz. Yorktown after suffering damage to the Skokakus at Coral Sea was taken out at Midway by Hiryu and I-168 (not due to the Shokakus). Enterprise survived damage by the Shokakus twice (Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz), Shokaku survived damage to the Yorktowns three times (Coral Sea, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz) only to be sunk by a submarine at the Philipine Sea. Zuikaku vas eventually sunk at Cape Engano but by an air strike by Essexes, not Yorktowns (even though one of the Essexes involved was named Yorktown).
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  2. Depends largely on the size and type of the bomb... Actually, Shokaku's survival at Coral Sea, Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz is even more impressive since she was hit with greater weight of bombs than Enterprise in any of her incidents...
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